worship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wûr′shĭp
ipa: /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/
ipa: /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/
ipa: /ˈwɔɹ.ʃɪp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃɪp
homophone: warship (General American, rare)
Forms: form: worships
form: wurship
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”).
Senses: examples: text: Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.
glosses: The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
examples: text: The worſhip of God is an eminent part of Religion; and Prayer, which is often in Scripture expreſſed by ſeeking God, and calling upon his Name, is a chief part of Religious Worſhip.
ref: 1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC, page 2:
glosses: The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
synonyms: adoration
reverence
idolatry
glosses: Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
glosses: Ardent love.
examples: text: In attitude and aspect formed to be / At once the artist's worship and despair!
ref: a. 1883 (date written; first published 1883 January), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Monologue”, in Michael Angelo: A Dramatic Poem, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], published 1884, →OCLC, part first, page 21:
glosses: An object of worship.
examples: text: “I beg your worship’s pardon,” said Mr. Bumble, incredulous of his having heard aright,—“did your worship speak to me?”
ref: 1837 March, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Relates How Oliver Twist Was Very Near Getting a Place, Which Would Not Have Been a Sinecure”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 48:
text: 'Your Worships, I have a submission to put before the court. As Your Worships are aware, it is the duty of the court under Section thirty-nine of the Children and Young Persons Act to protect the identity of minors who are victims of offences […]
ref: 1999, Val McDermid, A Place of Execution, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 209:
glosses: Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates
examples: text: And many ſtrange aduentures to bee fond, / Of which great worth and worſhip may be wonne; […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 8, page 412:
text: But when thou art bidden, goe and sit downe in the lowest roume, that when he that bade thee commeth, hee may say vnto thee, Friend, goe vp higher: then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 14:10:
glosses: Honour; respect; civil deference.
examples: text: I will be on horsbak said the knyght / thenne was Arthur wrothe and dressid his sheld toward hym with his swerd drawen / whan the knyght sawe that / he a lyghte / for hym thought no worship to haue a knyght at suche auaille he to be on horsbak and he on foot and so he alyght & dressid his sheld vnto Arthur
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I (in Middle English):
glosses: The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
examples: text: In that time, McLachlan’s music has developed from adolescent Kate Bush worship to mature roots-driven folk (like the hits “Building a Mystery” and “Sweet Surrender”) and ballads (“Witness,” “I Love You”) that border on hymnody.
ref: 1998 April 30, Chris Mundy, “Interview: Sarah McLachlan”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2023:
text: Of course, it's as studied as the current crop of girl-group zealots such as Best Coast, but we're all for Beach Boys worship, even if we do wish, just once, a band would form in honour of Sunflower/Surf's Up/Holland/Carl [Wilson] and the Passions-era BBs, when they were sort of post-hippie baroque.
ref: 2010 June 22, Paul Lester, “Magic Kids (No 813)”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022:
text: During his 15-year recording career, first with Galaxie 500 and now with Luna, Dean Wareham has shown all the signs of incurable Velvet Underground worship. The predilection for churning out ironic but always melodic rhythm-guitar-based tunes; the deadpan, almost-bored vocals: Why, it's enough to send you to the cover of the third Velvet Underground album, the one with Lou Reed and company sitting on a sofa, to see if Wareham's head is peeking out from behind it.
ref: 2003 August 18, Michael Little, “Luna at Black Cat: Skipping to Their Lou”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2023:
text: Rather, Lenny's new material covered a lot of ground, from the folk-to-hard rock build of "Fields of Joy," to the technology-accented church hymns of "Stand by My Woman," to the unapologetic Jimi Hendrix worship of "Stop Draggin' Around" to the stylish orchestrated Philly soul of "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over."
ref: 2016 April 2, Eduardo Rivadavia, “How Lenny Kravitz Combined Classic Rock and Soul on ‘Mama Said’”, in Ultimate Classic Rock, archived from the original on 23 Jun 2023:
text: Of the songs with actual vocals, it’s much more derivative than anything else they would do. A couple songs are pretty close to My Bloody Valentine worship (which suits me fine). There’s very little of the glacial bowed-guitar and neo-classicism that made them one of the most celebrated bands in the world.
ref: 2020 October 17, Nathaniel FitzGerald, “The Worst Debuts From Great Bands”, in A Year of Vinyl, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023:
text: The pieces are so removed from Godspeed You! Black Emperor worship or [William] Basinski-style concrete constructions that listeners will question Munkus’ intentions – and that’s a shame, because the material’s ambitions soar above the structure of the disc.
ref: 2021 November 22, Justin Vellucci, “Daniel Munkus: The Edge of the High Trace”, in Spectrum Culture, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2021:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.
Synonyms: word: worship
Hyponyms: word: allotheism
word: angelolatry
word: anthropolatry
word: astrolatry
word: autolatry
word: bardolatry
word: bibliolatry
word: cosmolatry
word: cynolatry
word: demonolatry
word: dendrolatry
word: ecclesiolatry
word: epeolatry
word: gastrolatry
word: geolatry
word: hagiolatry
word: heliolatry
word: hierolatry
word: ichthyolatry
word: iconolatry
word: idolatry
word: litholatry
word: lordolatry
word: Mariolatry
word: martyrolatry
word: mechanolatry
word: monolatry
word: necrolatry
word: neolatry
word: onolatry
word: ophiolatry
word: pandemonism
word: parthenolatry
word: physiolatry
word: plutolatry
word: poetolatry
word: pseudolatry
word: pyrolatry
word: selenolatry
word: thaumatolatry
word: theriolatry
word: zoolatry
Derived terms: english: jocular British sense
translation: jocular British sense
word: airship
word: ancestor worship
word: bread-worship
word: celebrity worship syndrome
word: fire worship
word: foot worship
word: freedom of worship
word: hero worship
word: Her Worship
word: His Worship
word: house of worship
word: muscle worship
word: place of worship
word: self-worship
word: Worship
word: worshipable
word: worshiper
word: worshipful
word: Worshipful Master
word: worshiping
word: worship of adoration
word: worship of hyper-veneration
word: worship of hyperveneration
word: worship of veneration
word: worshippability
word: worshippable
word: worshipped
word: worshipper
word: worshipping
word: worshipworthy
word: Your Worship
Related terms: bread-worshiper
bread worshiper
bread worshipper
bread-worshipper
sun worshiper
sun-worshiper
sunworshiper
sun worshipper
sun-worshipper
sunworshipper
worshipability
worshipableness
worshipfully
worshipfulness
worshippableness
worshippingly