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ˈworshipfully, adv. Now rare.
Forms: α. 4–5 worschip-, 5 worschyppe-, worsshep-, worshipp-, 5–6 worshyp- (5 warshyp-), 6 worshypp-, woorshipfully, etc.; 4 worchipfulli, worchepefulleke. β. 4 wurschyp-, 5 wurshepfully. γ. 4 wirship-, wirshep-, 4–5 wirschip-, 5 wirchip-, wyrschypfully.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
†1. With due honour; with words, acts, or attentions, expressive of esteem or regard. Now arch.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 9897 Þat y þys wrþy sacrament mowe begynne, And wurschypfully þar-of to speke. 1357Lay Folks' Catech. (T.) 186 That we neuen noght his name but worshipfully. 1389Eng. Gilds (1870) 57 Þan xal ilk a broþer..comyn and gon wit þe cors to cherche, worchepefulleke. c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. (1907) 248 Oure lady and hir sustres and Maudeleyn resceyued hem worschipfully with knelynge and lowe bowynge to the erthe. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys, Marg. 872 Fro whens..they come to..a relygyous place..wher wurshepfully Austyn was receyuyd. c1500Melusine i. 10 It is grett shame to me..that I ne doo you to be conueyed worshipfully thrugh my land. 1535Coverdale Ecclus. xlvii. 10 He ordeyned to kepe the holy daies worshipfully, and that the solempne feastes..shulde be honorably holden. 1579Twyne Phis. agst. Fortune ii. xliii. 219 b, Thou oughtest eyther to speake worshypfully of thy father, or els to holde thy peace. 1859Tennyson Elaine 1319 It will be to thy worship, as my knight,..To see that she be buried worshipfully. 1872― Gareth & Lynette 809.
†2. In such a way as to confer honour or dignity, or to make a good appearance. Obs.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 12462 He schulde set hit most worschipfuly, ffor he wolde vrle his pane wyþal. c1350Will. Palerne 5157 God has þe nouȝt for-gete..for worchipfulli artou wedded to welde a kinges sone. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) vi. 20 He gers þam be keped honestly and wirschipfully,..Þan sall scho be..bawmed and wirschipfuly cledd. 1448Hen. VI Will in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 378 To thentent that diuine seruice shal mowe be doon therin worshipfully vnto the honour of god. a1450Le Morte Arth. 1117 Worshippffully we shulle hyr lede Into the palys and bery her so. 1535Coverdale Neh. iii. 20 After him buylded Baruc the sonne of Sabai the other pece worshipfully & costly. 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 42 The wisedome of Salomon, is worshipfully thought of throughout the whole compasse of the world. 1606Dekker Seven Deadly Sins Wks. (Grosart) II. 38 Worshipfully is this Lord of Limbo attended, for Knights themselues follow close at his heeles.
†3. So as to obtain or deserve honour or praise; worthily. Obs. (or arch.)
1439E.E. Wills (1882) 127 If she gouerne hir worshipfully. 1450–80tr. Secreta Secret. iv. 8 If a kyng wolle regne worshipfully, it bihouyth him neyþer to haue..skarste ne fool large. 1470–85Malory Arthur iv. iv. 123 The thyrd..is wel to be one of the knyghtes of the round table..for many tymes he hath done ful worshipfully. 1485Rolls of Parlt. VI. 336/1 Charges, which must be kept and borne Worshipfully and Honourably. a1500Bale's Chron. in Six Town Chron. (1911) 141 They worshipfully ruled and governed. a1529Skelton Col. Cloute 914 To take on hande Worsshepfully to withstande Such temporall warre and bate. 1545in Cal. St. Papers Irel. Pref. 6 The said Wyllame fowght stylle manly and worshipfully. a1661Fuller Worthies, Berks (1662) 109 A family of his alliance is still worshipfully extant in this County. 1859Tennyson Elaine 490 Then Sir Lavaine did well and worshipfully.
†4. Ironically. Finely, properly. Obs.
1532More Confut. Tindale iii. Wks. 463/2 Is not this conclusion worshipfully deduced vpon scripture?
5. In a spirit of worship.
1886Ruskin Præterita I. i. 39 Gleaning worshipfully what fragmentary illustrations of the history..of the family might fall from their lips. |