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Synonyms for worshipping


Grammar : Verb
Spell : wur-ship
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜr ʃɪp

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Définition of worshipping

Origin :
  • Old English worðscip, wurðscip (Anglian), weorðscipe (West Saxon) "condition of being worthy, honor, renown," from weorð "worthy" (see worth) + -scipe (see -ship). Sense of "reverence paid to a supernatural or divine being" is first recorded c.1300. The original sense is preserved in the title worshipful (c.1300).
  • verb honor, glorify
Example sentences :
  • I do not mean that in Mary Osborne I had been worshipping the finite.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • I who was worshipping every inch of him, and every word he spoke.
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
  • After that, the smashing of the jug was part of the ceremony of worshipping him.
  • Extract from : « Divinity » by William Morrison
  • This child—she could be little more—was worshipping him for a hero!
  • Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • There was nothing of the animation of the Hindus when they are worshipping their gods.
  • Extract from : « Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 » by James Kennedy
  • Yet in worshipping colour we do not confound the order of things.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 » by Various
  • He went on thinking: "Perhaps, they have some superstition about worshipping in their own pew."
  • Extract from : « The Silver Lining » by John Roussel
  • The face of the Venezuelan was jubilant, exalted, like that of a worshipping fanatic.
  • Extract from : « The White Mice » by Richard Harding Davis
  • Nor, it may be added, have the Egyptians any custom of worshipping heroes.
  • Extract from : « The History Of Herodotus » by Herodotus
  • How then could I unite with this wild idolator in worshipping his piece of wood?
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

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