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worshipfulness|ˈwɜːʃɪpfʊlnɪs| Also 4 worschupefulnesse, 5 worschipfulnes, 6 woorship-. [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being worshipful, in various senses.
a1400Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 501/292 Vppon a day for worschupefulnesse Þe Pope wolde synge a Messe. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 82 Y saw al seche [= such] with a special certen worschipfulnes put to ful softe and esy peynys. 1556J. Heywood Spider & Fly xxxix. 16 Honestnes is vertousnes, and woorshipfulnes Due where honestnes, or vertusnes, bearth rout. 1628Ford Lover's Mel. v. i, I owe all Sir-Reuerence to your Right Worshipfulnesse. 1877Blackie Wise Men 137 We may not confront the polished and blazoned worshipfulness of the Ten Hundred, with our blank smocks and uncurried roughness. 1887F. Warden Scheherazade III. 168 Distant awe and reverent worshipfulness. |