worship
The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
Noun 4 meanings
The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
“Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.”
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.
The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
Verb 4 meanings
To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
To participate in religious ceremonies.
“We worship at the church down the road.”
To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.
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WORSHIP at a glance
WORSHIP has 7 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (W 4 + O 1 + R 1 + S 1 + H 4 + I 1 + P 3) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,341 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with worship
All rhymes- RELATIONSHIP17
- SHIP9
- LEADERSHIP16
- CHAMPIONSHIP26
- PARTNERSHIP18
- MEMBERSHIP21
- OWNERSHIP17
- FRIENDSHIP19
- CHIP11
- SCHOLARSHIP21
- CITIZENSHIP27
- WHIP12
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