worship

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English

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Etymology

Old English weorþscipe, corresponding to worth +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwəːʃɪp/
• (US) IPA: /ˈwɝʃɪp/

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Noun

worship (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I:

     whan the knyght sawe that, he alyghte, for hym thought no worship to haue a knyght at suche auaille he to be on horsback and he on foot [...].

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:

     Then he forth on his journey did proceede, / To seeke adventures which mote him befall, / And win him worship through his warlike deed [...].

2. The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
3. The religious ceremonies that express this devotion
4. (by extension) The ardent love of a person

Derived terms

Terms derived from worship

house of worship worshipability

worshipable worshipful

worshipfully worshipper

Synonyms

• adoration
• reverence
• idolatry

Translations

devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object

• Armenian: պաշտօն (hy) (paštōn)

  Old Armenian: պաշտամունք (paštamunkʿ)

• Catalan: adoració (ca) f, culte (ca) m, veneració (ca) f
• Czech: uctívání (cs) n
• Finnish: palvonta (fi)
• French: culte (fr) m, adoration (fr), vénération (fr)
• German: Verehrung (de) f, Anbetung (de) f
• Greek: λατρεία (el) (latreia) f
• Hebrew: סגידה (he) (sgidá) f

• Italian: adorazione (it) f, venerazione (it) f
• Kurdish: peristin f, په‌رستن
• Portuguese: adoração (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: adhradh (gd) m
• Spanish: adoración (es) f
• Swahili: abudu (sw)
• Swedish: dyrkan (sv)
• Turkish: ibadet (tr), tapınma (tr)
• Urdu: پوجا (ur) (pūjā) f, عبادت (ur) (ibādat) f, پرستش (ur) (parastiś) f

The religious ceremonies that express this devotion

• Catalan: culte (ca) m
• Czech: bohoslužba (cs) f
• Finnish: jumalanpalvelus (fi), palvontamenot (fi) pl
• French: culte (fr) m
• German: Gottesdienst (de) m, Verehrung (de) f, Anbetung (de) f
• Greek: λατρεία (el) (latreia) f

• Italian: culto (it) m
• Scottish Gaelic: adhradh (gd) m
• Swahili: abudu (sw)
• Swedish: tillbedjan (sv) c
• Turkish: ibadet (tr), tapınma (tr)
• Urdu: پوجا (ur) (pūjā) f

The ardent love of a person

• Catalan: adoració (ca) f
• Finnish: palvonta (fi)
• French: culte (fr) m
• German: Verehrung (de) f, Anbetung (de) f
• Greek: λατρεία (el) (latreia) f

• Italian: culto (it) m
• Swahili: abudu (sw)
• Swedish: dyrkan (sv) c
• Turkish: tapma (tr)

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• Arabic: عِبَادَة (`ibaadah) f
• Italian: culto m
• Korean: 우러르다 (ureoreuda), 숭배하다 (sungbae-hada)
• Kurdish: perestîş f
• Slovak: uctievanie n
• Spanish: culto m, alabanza f
• Portuguese: adoração f, culto m
• Turkish: ibadet, tapınma

Verb

worship (third-person singular simple present worships, present participle (UK) worshipping or (US) worshiping, simple past and past participle (UK) worshipped or (US) worshiped)

1. To honor and adore, especially as a deity.
2. To participate in religious ceremonies.

Translations

to honor and adore, especially as a deity

• Arabic: عبد (ar) (`ábada)
• Bengali: পূজা করা (bn)
• Catalan: adorar (ca), venerar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 崇拜 (cmn) (chóngbài), 崇奉 (cmn) (chóngfèng)

• Czech: uctívat (cs)
• Dutch: vereren (nl)
• Finnish: palvoa (fi)
• French: vénérer (fr), adorer (fr)

• German: verehren (de), anbeten (de)
• Hebrew: סגד (he) (sagád)
• Hungarian: imád (hu)
• Japanese: 崇拝する (ja) (すうはいする, sūhai-surú)
• Kurdish: peristin, په‌رستن
• Polish: czcić (pl)
• Romanian: închina (ro)
• Russian: поклоняться (ru) (poklonját'sja) (+ dative case)
• Serbo-Croatian: slaviti (sh), obožavati (sh)
• Swedish: dyrka (sv), tillbe (sv)

To participate in religious ceremonies

• Scottish Gaelic: dèan adhradh (gd)

• Swahili: abudu (sw)

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• Dutch: aanbidden
• Italian: adorare
• Portuguese: adorar, venerar
• Spanish: adorar, venerar, alabar
• Turkish: ibadet etmek, tapınmak