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Webster 1913 Edition
Worship
Wor′ship
,Noun.
1.
Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
[Obs.]
Shak.
A man of
worship
and honour. Chaucer.
Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle
And muckle
worship
in his native land. Spenser.
2.
Honor; respect; civil deference.
[Obs.]
Of which great worth and
worship
may be won. Spenser.
Then shalt thou have
worship
in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. Luke xiv. 10.
3.
Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station.
My father desires your
worships’
company. Shakespeare
4.
The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God.
“God with idols in their worship joined.” Milton.
The
worship
of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship
. Tillotson.
5.
Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.
'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair,
Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream,
That can my spirits to your
Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream,
That can my spirits to your
worship
. Shakespeare
Wor′ship
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Worshiped
Worshipped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Worshiping
or Worshipping
.] 1.
To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.]
Chaucer.
Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not
Not
worshiped
with a waxen epitaph. Shakespeare
This holy image that is man God
worshipeth
. Foxe.
2.
To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.
But God is to be
worshiped
. Shakespeare
When all our fathers
worshiped
stocks and stones. Milton.
3.
To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
With bended knees I daily
worship
her. Carew.
Syn. – To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
Wor′ship
,Verb.
I.
To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.
Our fathers
worshiped
in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship
. John iv. 20.
Was it for this I have loved . . . and
worshiped
in silence? Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Worship
WORSHIP
,Noun.
1.
Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.--Elfin born of noble state, and muckle worship in his native land.
In this sense, the word is nearly or quite obsolete; but hence,
2.
A title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and other of respectable character.My father desires your worships company.
3.
A term of ironical respect.4.
Chiefly and eminently, the act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; or the reverence and homage paid to him in religious exercises, consisting in adoration, confession, prayer, thanksgiving and the like.The worship of God is an eminent part of religion.
Prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
5.
The homage paid to idols or false gods by pagans; as the worship or Isis.6.
Honor; respect; civil deference.Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. Luke 14.
7.
Idolatry of lovers; obsequious or submissive respect.WORSHIP
,Verb.
T.
1.
To adore; to pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration.Thou shalt worship no other God. Exodus 34.
2.
To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.Nor worshipd with a waxen epitaph.
3.
To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission; as a lover.With bended knees I daily worship her.
WORSHIP
,Verb.
I.
1.
To perform acts of adoration.2.
To perform religious service.Our fathers worshiped in this mountain. John 4.