3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. With bended knees I daily worship her. Carew.
Syn.
— To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
WORSHIP
Wor"ship, v. i.
Defn: To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform
religious service.
Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem
is the place where men ought to worship. John iv. 20.
Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in silence
Longfellow.
WORSHIPABILITY
Wor`ship*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [R.] Coleridge.
WORSHIPABLE
Wor"ship*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [R.] Carlyle.
WORSHIPER
Wor"ship*er, n.
Defn: One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one who adores. [Written also worshipper.]