worship en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈwɔɹ.ʃɪp/ rare, spelling pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- wûr′shĭp
- /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/ (General-American)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.
- (especially, uncountable, usually) The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperdulia that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
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(metonymically, uncountable, usually) The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
The worſhip of God is an eminent part of Religion; and Prayer, which is often in Scripture expreſſed by ſeeking God, and calling upon his Name, is a chief part of Religious Worſhip.
1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], 8th edition, London: […] T. Goodwin, B[enjamin] Tooke, and J. Pemberton, […]; J. Round […], and J[acob] Tonson] […], published 1720, →OCLC, page 2:
- (broadly, uncountable, usually) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- (also, broadly, uncountable, usually) Ardent love.
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(uncountable, usually) An object of worship.
In attitude and aspect formed to be / At once the artist's worship and despair!
a. 1883 (date written; first published 1883 January), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Monologue”, in Michael Angelo: A Dramatic Poem, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published 1884, →OCLC, part first, page 21:
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(UK, uncountable, usually) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
“I beg your worship’s pardon,” said Mr. Bumble, incredulous of his having heard aright,—“did your worship speak to me?”
1837 March, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Relates How Oliver Twist Was Very Near Getting a Place, Which Would Not Have Been a Sinecure”, in Oliver Twist; […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 48:'Your Worships, I have a submission to put before the court. As Your Worships are aware, it is the duty of the court under Section thirty-nine of the Children and Young Persons Act to protect the identity of minors who are victims of offences […]
1999, Val McDermid, A Place of Execution, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 209:
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(obsolete, uncountable, usually) Honour; respect; civil deference.
But when thou art bidden, goe and sit downe in the lowest roume, that when he that bade thee commeth, hee may say vnto thee, Friend, goe vp higher: then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 14:10:And many ſtrange aduentures to bee fond, / Of which great worth and worſhip may be wonne; […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 8, page 412:
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(obsolete, uncountable, usually) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
I will be on horsbak said the knyght / thenne was Arthur wrothe and dressid his sheld toward hym with his swerd drawen / whan the knyght sawe that / he a lyghte / for hym thought no worship to haue a knyght at suche auaille he to be on horsbak and he on foot and so he alyght & dressid his sheld vnto Arthur
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I (in Middle English):Then he forth on his iourney did proceede, / To ſeeke aduentures, which mote him befall, / And win him worſhp through his warlike deed, […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 4:
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(slang, uncountable, usually) The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does this.
Rather, Lenny's new material covered a lot of ground, from the folk-to-hard rock build of "Fields of Joy," to the technology-accented church hymns of "Stand by My Woman," to the unapologetic Jimi Hendrix worship of "Stop Draggin' Around" to the stylish orchestrated Philly soul of "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over."
2016 April 2, Eduardo Rivadavia, “How Lenny Kravitz Combined Classic Rock and Soul on ‘Mama Said’”, in Ultimate Classic Rock, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2023:In that time, McLachlan’s music has developed from adolescent Kate Bush worship to mature roots-driven folk (like the hits “Building a Mystery” and “Sweet Surrender”) and ballads (“Witness,” “I Love You”) that border on hymnody.
1998 April 30, Chris Mundy, “Interview: Sarah McLachlan”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2023:During his 15-year recording career, first with Galaxie 500 and now with Luna, Dean Wareham has shown all the signs of incurable Velvet Underground worship. The predilection for churning out ironic but always melodic rhythm-guitar-based tunes; the deadpan, almost-bored vocals: Why, it's enough to send you to the cover of the third Velvet Underground album, the one with Lou Reed and company sitting on a sofa, to see if Wareham's head is peeking out from behind it.
2003 August 18, Michael Little, “Luna at Black Cat: Skipping to Their Lou”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2023:Of the songs with actual vocals, it’s much more derivative than anything else they would do. A couple songs are pretty close to My Bloody Valentine worship (which suits me fine). There’s very little of the glacial bowed-guitar and neo-classicism that made them one of the most celebrated bands in the world.
2020 October 17, Nathaniel FitzGerald, “The Worst Debuts From Great Bands”, in A Year of Vinyl, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023:Of course, it's as studied as the current crop of girl-group zealots such as Best Coast, but we're all for Beach Boys worship, even if we do wish, just once, a band would form in honour of Sunflower/Surf's Up/Holland/Carl [Wilson] and the Passions-era BBs, when they were sort of post-hippie baroque.
2010 June 22, Paul Lester, “Magic Kids (No 813)”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022:The pieces are so removed from Godspeed You! Black Emperor worship or [William] Basinski-style concrete constructions that listeners will question Munkus’ intentions – and that’s a shame, because the material’s ambitions soar above the structure of the disc.
2021 November 22, Justin Vellucci, “Daniel Munkus: The Edge of the High Trace”, in Spectrum Culture, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2021:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wurship | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| worships | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
worship of hyperveneration · His Worship · worshiping · celebrity worship syndrome · Her Worship · worshipper · worshipped · worship of hyper-veneration · muscle worship · worshipping · worshiper · worshippability · worshipworthy · bread-worship · worshipful · worshipable · worship of adoration · Your Worship · airship · worshippable · hero worship · foot worship · ancestor worship · Worship · fire worship · worship of veneration · place of worship · self-worship · house of worship · freedom of worship · Worshipful Master · worship song
Hyponyms
dendrolatry · gastrolatry · physiolatry · idolatry · ophiolatry · epeolatry · cynolatry · hierolatry · litholatry · demonolatry · pyrolatry · heliolatry · autolatry · necrolatry · zoolatry · bibliolatry · onolatry · selenolatry · Mariolatry · mechanolatry · astrolatry · geolatry · neolatry · ecclesiolatry · pandemonism · lordolatry · theriolatry · monolatry · thaumatolatry · angelolatry · bardolatry · poetolatry · allotheism · ichthyolatry · parthenolatry · cosmolatry · plutolatry · martyrolatry · anthropolatry · hagiolatry · iconolatry · pseudolatry
Relateds
worshipableness · worshipfully · worshipability · sun worshiper · worshippingly · worshipfulness · bread worshipper · sun worshipper · bread worshiper · sunworshipper · sunworshiper · bread-worshiper · sun-worshipper · sun-worshiper · worshippableness · bread-worshipper
Synonyms
praise · praise · adoration · worship · idolatry · reverence
Translations (172)
ang bīgang (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ur عبادت (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · sv tillbedjan (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · hy պաշտամունք (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · de Verehrung (ardent love of a person) · tr ibadet (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · he הערצה (ardent love of a person) · pl uwielbienie (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · he עבודת האל (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · it venerazione (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · it venerazione (ardent love of a person) · uk поклоні́ння (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · de Anbetung (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · bo གུས་པའི་ཞབས་ཏོག (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · pt adoração (ardent love of a person) · it culto (ardent love of a person) · mk богослуже́ние (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · eo adorado (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · pt cultuação (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ru почита́ние (ardent love of a person) · uk богослужі́ння (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · fr adoration (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · de Anbetung (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hi पूजा (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hu bálványozás (ardent love of a person) · cs bohoslužba (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · fr culte (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hu vallásgyakorlat (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · es culto (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · bn বন্দেগী (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · kk құлшылық ету (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · nog ибаьдет (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · bo གུས་ཞབས (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · bo རིམ་གྲོ (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · mk обожу́вање (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ru боготворе́ние (ardent love of a person) · it culto (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · km ការគោរពបូជា (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · my ပူဇော် (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · be паклане́нне (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · eo adorado (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ru боготворе́ние (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hu vallásgyakorlás (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · mk боготво́рење (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · gu પૂજા (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · vi lễ bái (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · tr tapınma (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · bg обожа́ние (ardent love of a person) · ru почита́ние (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ota عبادت (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · bg преклоне́ние (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · it adorazione (ardent love of a person) · eo adorado (ardent love of a person) · de Gottesdienst (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · sk uctievanie (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · pl kult (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · km សក្ការៈ (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ur پوجا (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · it adorazione (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · de Verehrung (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · gd adhradh (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hu imádás (ardent love of a person) · th บูชา (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · fi palvonta (ardent love of a person) · bn এবাদত (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · grc λατρεία (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · hi इबादत (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ca culte (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · fi palvontamenot (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · pl adoracja (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · eo kulto (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · el λατρεία (ardent love of a person) · ota عبادت (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · hu istentisztelet (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · bn পূজা (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hu rajongás (ardent love of a person) · mk обожу́вање (ardent love of a person) · el λατρεία (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · kk сиыну (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · gd adhradh (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · mk поклону́вање (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · xcl պաշտօն (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · az ibadət (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · bo བསྙེན་བཀུར (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · fi palvonta (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · eo adoro (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · pt culto (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · de Verehrung (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · sw ibada (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · az ibadət (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · ur پوجا (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · bg обожание (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · da tilbedelse (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · da dyrkelse (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · cs uctívání (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · pt culto (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · my ကန်တော့ (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · he סגידה (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · kmr peristin (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · tr tapma (ardent love of a person) · ru благогове́ние (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ca adoració (ardent love of a person) · id sembah (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ka თაყვანისცემა (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ru богослуже́ние (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · el λατρεία (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ko 예배 (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · pt adoração (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ca culte (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · bo མཆོད་པར་བྱེད (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · mi whakamori (ardent love of a person) · ko 숭배 (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hu imádat (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · it ardore (ardent love of a person) · kk табынушылық (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ar عِبَادَة (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · la cultus (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · it culto (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ckb پەرستن (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hi उपासना (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · cmn 崇拜 (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · gu આરાધના (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ca veneració (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · cmn 禮拜 /礼拜 (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · fr culte (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · eo kulto (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ru поклоне́ние (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · nl aanbidding (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hu bálványozás (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · da gudstjeneste (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · sw ibada (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · eo adoro (ardent love of a person) · ja 礼拝 (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · he עבודה (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · af aanbidding (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · te ఉపాసన (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hu imádat (ardent love of a person) · mk бо́гослужба (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · hi अर्चना (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ms sembah (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · la adōrātiō (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · la cultio (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · gl adoración (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · fr vénération (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ca adoració (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · ang bīgang (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · nl verering (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · mk почиту́вање (ardent love of a person) · cmn 敬拜 (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hu imádás (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · fr culte (ardent love of a person) · ru обожа́ние (ardent love of a person) · gu ઇબાદત (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · yi עבודה (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · sa अर्चा (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · bg култ (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · akl samba (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hu tisztelet (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · hy երկրպագություն (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · vi sùng bái (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · fi jumalanpalvelus (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · lij venerazion (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · mk поклоне́ние (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · my ရှိခိုး (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · sv dyrkan (ardent love of a person) · de Anbetung (ardent love of a person) · sv dyrkan (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · tr ibadet (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · grc λατρεία (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · sa पूजा (religious ceremonies that express this devotion) · bo སྐུ་རིམ (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object) · tr tapınma (religious ceremonies that express this devotion)