*worship*

n. A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such hideous jungle of misworships. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To worship wrongly. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who worships wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + worship. ] To deprive of worship or due honor; to dishonor. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. un- not + worship. ] Lack of worship or respect; dishonor. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. John iv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in silence? Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. worshipe, wurðscipe, AS. weorðscipe; weorð worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man of worship and honour. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle worship in his native land. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of which great worth and worship may be won. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. Luke xiv. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station. [ 1913 Webster ]

My father desires your worships' company. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration. [ 1913 Webster ]

'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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An object of worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

In attitude and aspect formed to be
At once the artist's worship and despair. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Devil worship,
Fire worship,
Hero worship, etc. See under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Worshiped conjf>Worshipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [ Obsoles. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This holy image that is man God worshipeth. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

But God is to be worshiped. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. [ 1913 Webster ]

With bended knees I daily worship her. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one who adores. [ Written also worshipper. ] [ 1913 Webster ]