worship

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 ]