worship

Pronunciation: /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the activity of worshipping
  2. noun a feeling of profound love and admiration
  3. verb love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
activity
Narrower (hyponyms)
idolatry, hagiolatry, arborolatry, deification, cosmolatry, heliolatry

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