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Meaning of 'worship' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Worship [ a.]
- Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
- Honor; respect; civil deference.
- Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station.
- 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.
- Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.
- An object of worship.
2 . Worship [ v. i.]
- To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.
3 . Worship [ v. t.]
- To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
- To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.
- To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.

Meaning of 'worship' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . worship [ v]
Meaning (1):
- show devotion to (a deity)
Example in sentence:
  • Many Hindus worship Shiva
Meaning (2):
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
Example in sentence:
  • Many teenagers idolized the Beatles
Meaning (3):
- attend religious services
Example in sentence:
  • They worship in the traditional manner

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