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▪ I. worshipping, vbl. n.|ˈwɜːʃɪpɪŋ|
[f. worship v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of offering worship (to a deity).
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 9372 But yn alle here moste gladyng, To fals goddys þey made wurschypyng. c1315Shoreham ii. 4 Þou opene myne lyppen, lord,..And my mouþe..Schel þyne worschypyng sende. 14..Pol., Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 174 Angels alle in his presence Ar vndyr thyn obedyence, And do the worshippynge! 1450–1530Myrr. Our Ladye ii. 195 They felle..by ydolatrye from the worshypynge of very god. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 36 The abhominable synne of ydolatry, yt is the worshyppyng of false goddes. 1535Coverdale Wisd. Contents, The worshippinge of ymages. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iv. xxxvi. 158 b, [They left] the woorshipping and calling on their false gods. 1623Cockeram ii, A worshipping of Idols, Idolatrie. 1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi Wind. ii. 375 For..virtue, and God's better worshipping.
b. With a and pl. An instance of this; a form or variety of worship.
1450–1530Myrr. Our Ladye ii. 197 They..were wretchedly ledde to the worshypynges of Idols. 1549Olde Erasm. Par. Ephes. Prol. {fatpara} iij, To walke..as it were before the porche of the temple,..to expell and kepe out all false worshyppinges. 1587Golding De Mornay xx. (1617) 348 What are all the worshippings of God which man hath ordained of his owne head, but childish imaginations. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage v. vi. 406 To acknowledge one God, whome varietie of Sects and worshippings should best content. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 193 That the thoughts..should enkindle in us..hearty worshippings, of a boundless goodness.
†2. The action of honouring, revering, or treating with profound respect. Obs.
13..Gosp. Nicod. 993 Haue pese with wirschiping, iosep of Aramathy. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 440 Too myche worshypyng of Antecristis lawe. 1423Jas. I. Kingis Q. cxxxix, He that to hir worschipping Myght ought auaile. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie i. xiii. (Arb.) 45 Some perchance would thinke that next after the praise and honoring of their gods, should commence the worshippings and praise of good men. 1645Milton Tetrach. 77 For the dignities sake of religion, which cannot be liable to all base affronts, meerely for the worshiping of a civil mariage.
attrib.1611Tourneur Ath. Trag. i. ii, This worshipping kinde of entertainment is a superstitious vanitie.
▪ II. ˈworshipping, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That worships; engaged in worship.
1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 116 Then will his cross be exalted for an ensign to the circling, bending, and worshipping universe. 1789–96Morse Amer. Geog. I. 446 In 1738, there were seven worshipping assemblies in this town [Newport]. 1876Blackie Lett. to Wife (1909) 240 Either I must speak the truth and offend the worshipping widow, or print lies and prostitute my own intellect. 1880‘Mark Twain’ Tramp Abr. xxxii. 308 She was a brand-new bride,..happy in herself and her grave and worshipping stripling of a husband.
Hence ˈworshippingly adv., adoringly.
1850Miss Mulock Olive xxiii, Once again I will lie on the floor of the Sistine, and look up worshipingly to Michael the angel. 1891D. Dormer Steven Vigil II. iv. x. 51 Mary's eyes were continually straying across to rest worshippingly on her sister's face. |