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Wor"ship (?), n. [OE. worshipe, wurðscipe, AS. weorðscipe; weorð worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.]
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1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] Shak.
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A man of worship and honour. Chaucer.
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Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle worship in his native land. Spenser.
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2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
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Of which great worth and worship may be won. Spenser.
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Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. Luke xiv. 10.
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3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station.
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My father desires your worships' company. Shak.
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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.
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The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship. Tillotson.
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5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.
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'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair,
Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream,
That can my spirits to your worship. Shak.
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6. An object of worship.
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In attitude and aspect formed to be
At once the artist's worship and despair. Longfellow.
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Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.
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Wor"ship, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worshiped (?) Worshipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]
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1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [Obsoles.] Chaucer.
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Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. Shak.
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This holy image that is man God worshipeth. Foxe.
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2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.
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But God is to be worshiped. Shak.
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When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. Milton.
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3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
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With bended knees I daily worship her. Carew.
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Syn. -- To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
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Wor"ship (?), v. i. To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.
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Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. John iv. 20.
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Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in silence? Longfellow.
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