n. 崇拜, 礼拜, 尊敬

vi. 参加礼拜

vt. 崇拜, 尊敬

[法] 尊敬, 对法官的尊称

Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS.
weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See {Worth},
a., and {-ship}.]
1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
[Obs.] --Shak.

A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer.

Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser.

2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]

Of which great worth and worship may be won.
--Spenser.

Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them
that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv.
10.

3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain
magistrates and others of rank or station.

My father desires your worships' company. --Shak.

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.

The worship of God is an eminent part of religion,
and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
--Tillotson.

5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration;
adoration.

'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.

6. An object of worship.

In attitude and aspect formed to be
At once the artist's worship and despair.
--Longfellow.

{Devil worship}, {Fire worship}, {Hero worship}, etc. See
under {Devil}, {Fire}, {Hero}, etc.


Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worshiped}{Worshipped};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Worshiping} or {Worshipping}.]
1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.] --Chaucer.

Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak.

This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.

2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
of; to adore; to venerate.

But God is to be worshiped. --Shak.

When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.

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.
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.