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单词 worship
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worshipn.

Brit. /ˈwəːʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈwərʃəp/
Forms:

α. Old English uorðscip (Northumbrian), Old English weorþscipe, Old English weorðscype, Old English worðscip (Northumbrian), Old English worðscype (rare), Old English wurþscipe, Old English wurþscype, Old English wurðscype, Old English wyrþscipe, Old English wyrþscype, Old English wyrðscip (rare), Old English–early Middle English weorðscipe, Old English–early Middle English wurðscipe, Old English–early Middle English wyrðscipe, Old English–early Middle English wyrðscype, early Middle English weorthscype (in copy of Old English charter), early Middle English worðescipe, early Middle English worðschepe, early Middle English worðscipe, early Middle English wrþsipe, early Middle English wrðscipe, early Middle English wurdschipe, early Middle English wurdscipe, early Middle English wurdshipe, early Middle English wurhchipe, early Middle English wurhschipe, early Middle English wurhscipe, early Middle English wurrþshipe ( Ormulum), early Middle English wurthschipe, early Middle English wurtscipe, early Middle English wurþschipe, early Middle English wurþseipe (transmission error), early Middle English wurþsype, early Middle English wurðchipe, early Middle English wurðcipe, early Middle English wurðescipe, early Middle English wurðhchipe, early Middle English wurðschipe, early Middle English wurðshipe, early Middle English wurðsjchipe, Middle English worthchip (northern), Middle English wortschyp (northern), Middle English wortscip (northern), Middle English worþschip, Middle English worþschipe, Middle English worþship, Middle English worþshipe, Middle English worþssip- (south-eastern, in derivatives), Middle English worþssipe (south-eastern), Middle English worþssippe (south-eastern), late Middle English wursthypp (transmission error); N.E.D. (1928) also records forms early Middle English worðschipe, early Middle English wrðsipe, early Middle English wurþshipe, early Middle English wurþsipe.

β. late Old English–early Middle English weorscipe, early Middle English wurrshipe ( Ormulum), Middle English verchepe, Middle English verchipe, Middle English virchippe, Middle English vyrchip, Middle English vyrchipp, Middle English vyrchippe, Middle English warshippe (Berkshire), Middle English werchep, Middle English werchepe, Middle English werchipe, Middle English werschep, Middle English werschepe, Middle English werschip, Middle English werschipe, Middle English werschyppe, Middle English wershep, Middle English whirshypp, Middle English whorschype, Middle English wirchep, Middle English wirchepe, Middle English wirchepp, Middle English wirchip, Middle English wirchipe, Middle English wirchipp, Middle English wirchippe, Middle English wirchupp, Middle English wirchyp, Middle English wirscep, Middle English wirschep, Middle English wirschepe, Middle English wirschip, Middle English wirschipe, Middle English wirschippe, Middle English wirschope, Middle English wirschyp, Middle English wirschype, Middle English wirscip, Middle English wirscipe, Middle English wirscipp, Middle English wirscippe, Middle English wirshep, Middle English wirshepe, Middle English wirshipe, Middle English wirshipp, Middle English wirshippe, Middle English wirshop, Middle English wirshup, Middle English wirshyp, Middle English wirsshipp, Middle English wirsshippe, Middle English wirssip, Middle English wiscepp (probably transmission error), Middle English woisse (transmission error), Middle English woorschip, Middle English woorschipe, Middle English woorshipe, Middle English worchep, Middle English worchepe, Middle English worchepp, Middle English worchipe, Middle English worchipp, Middle English worchippe, Middle English worchop, Middle English worchope, Middle English worchup, Middle English worchype, Middle English worscep, Middle English worscepe, Middle English worschep, Middle English worschepe, Middle English worscheppe, Middle English worschipe, Middle English worschipp, Middle English worschippe, Middle English worschop, Middle English worschope, Middle English worschup, Middle English worschupe, Middle English worschupp, Middle English worschuppe, Middle English worschyp, Middle English worschype, Middle English worschypp, Middle English worschyppe, Middle English worscip, Middle English worscipe, Middle English worscyp, Middle English worsep, Middle English worsip, Middle English worsipe, Middle English worsschip, Middle English worsschipe, Middle English worsschypp, Middle English worssepe, Middle English worsshep, Middle English worsshepe, Middle English worsshipe, Middle English worsshup, Middle English worsshyppe, Middle English worssip- (south-eastern, in derivatives), Middle English worssipe, Middle English wourchipe, Middle English wourchypp, Middle English wourschip, Middle English wourshepe, Middle English wourshypp, Middle English wrchepe, Middle English wrchip, Middle English wrchipe, Middle English wrchop, Middle English wrhscipe, Middle English wrschep, Middle English wrschepe, Middle English wrschipe, Middle English wrschype, Middle English wrscipe, Middle English wrshepe, Middle English wrshipe, Middle English wrsipe, Middle English wuorchyp, Middle English wurchep, Middle English wurchepe, Middle English wurchepp, Middle English wurcheppe, Middle English wurchip, Middle English wurchipe, Middle English wurchipp, Middle English wurchippe, Middle English wurchyp, Middle English wurchypp, Middle English wurschep, Middle English wurschepe, Middle English wurschipe, Middle English wurschippe, Middle English wurschup, Middle English wurschyp, Middle English wurschype, Middle English wurschyþ (transmission error), Middle English wurscipe, Middle English wurscupe, Middle English wurshep, Middle English wurshepe, Middle English wurshepp, Middle English wurshipe, Middle English wurshipp, Middle English wurshupp, Middle English wurshype, Middle English wurshypp, Middle English wursipe, Middle English wvrschip, Middle English wyrchep, Middle English wyrcheppe, Middle English wyrchip, Middle English wyrchipe, Middle English wyrchipp, Middle English wyrchippe, Middle English wyrchupp, Middle English wyrchype, Middle English wyrchypp, Middle English wyrchyppe, Middle English wyrschep, Middle English wyrschepe, Middle English wyrschip, Middle English wyrschipe, Middle English wyrschipp, Middle English wyrschippe, Middle English wyrschyp, Middle English wyrschype, Middle English wyrschypp, Middle English wyrschyppe, Middle English wyrscype, Middle English wyrshep, Middle English wyrshepe, Middle English wyrship, Middle English wyrshipe, Middle English wyrshipp, Middle English wyrshippe, Middle English wyrshup, Middle English wyrshyp, Middle English wyrshype, Middle English wyrshypp, Middle English wyrshyppe, Middle English wyrsship, Middle English wyrsshipp, Middle English wyrsshyp, Middle English–1500s whorshyp, Middle English–1500s wirship, Middle English–1500s worchip, Middle English–1500s worchyp, Middle English–1500s worchyppe, Middle English–1500s worschip, Middle English–1500s worshepe, Middle English–1500s worshup, Middle English–1500s worshupe, Middle English–1500s worshype, Middle English–1500s worshypp, Middle English–1500s worshyppe, Middle English–1500s worsship, Middle English–1500s worsshipp, Middle English–1500s worsshyp, Middle English–1500s wourshippe, Middle English–1500s wourshyp, Middle English–1500s wurschip, Middle English–1500s wurshippe, Middle English–1500s wurshup, Middle English–1500s wurshyp, Middle English–1500s wyrchyp, Middle English–1600s whorship, Middle English–1600s woorship, Middle English–1600s worshep, Middle English–1600s worshipe, Middle English–1600s worshipp, Middle English–1600s worshippe, Middle English–1600s worshyp, Middle English–1600s wourship, Middle English–1600s wurship, Middle English– worship, late Middle English orchippes (probably transmission error), late Middle English worpchup (transmission error), late Middle English worshcype (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English woshup (probably transmission error), 1500s whorshep, 1500s whorshype, 1500s woorshyp, 1500s woorshypp, 1500s woorshyppe, 1500s worchypp, 1500s worsheppe, 1500s worshuppe, 1500s worsshype, 1500s wourshyppe, 1500s wurschipp, 1500s wurshyppe, 1500s wursshype, 1500s–1600s whorshippe, 1500s–1600s woorshipp, 1500s–1600s woorshippe, 1500s–1600s worshop, 1600s arship (in representations of Welsh English), 1600s worsheep; English regional (Yorkshire) 1800s washup, 1800s woshup; Scottish pre-1700 uorshippe, pre-1700 virchip, pre-1700 virschip, pre-1700 virschyp, pre-1700 vorschip, pre-1700 vorschipe, pre-1700 vorship, pre-1700 vourschip, pre-1700 vyrchip, pre-1700 vyrschip, pre-1700 werschep, pre-1700 werschip, pre-1700 whorship, pre-1700 wirchep, pre-1700 wirchip, pre-1700 wirschaip, pre-1700 wirschep, pre-1700 wirschip, pre-1700 wirschop, pre-1700 wirschyp, pre-1700 wirshepe, pre-1700 wirship, pre-1700 woorship, pre-1700 worchep, pre-1700 worchip, pre-1700 worchipe, pre-1700 worchyp, pre-1700 worschep, pre-1700 worschip, pre-1700 worschipe, pre-1700 worschyp, pre-1700 worschype, pre-1700 worscip, pre-1700 worscipe, pre-1700 worshep, pre-1700 worshipe, pre-1700 worshipp, pre-1700 worshippe, pre-1700 wourschepe, pre-1700 wourschip, pre-1700 wourschipe, pre-1700 wourschyp, pre-1700 wourscip, pre-1700 wourship, pre-1700 wurchep, pre-1700 wurschype, pre-1700 wyrchipe, pre-1700 wyrchype, pre-1700 wyrschep, pre-1700 wyrschip, pre-1700 wyrschipe, pre-1700 wyrschyp, pre-1700 wyrschype, pre-1700 wyrship, pre-1700 1700s– worship, 1800s wurschip, 1800s wurship; N.E.D. (1928) also records a form 1500s wushippe.

Also (in early modern English) represented by the abbreviations wo. (with point), worps (plural), wors (plural).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: worth n.1, worth adj., -ship suffix.
Etymology: < either worth n.1 or worth adj. + -ship suffix. Compare later worthship n.Some of the forms may show the influence of wurthe adj.; compare occasional early West Saxon wyrðscipe beside usual weorðscipe . Despite the lack of Germanic parallels, the compound is likely to be early and, if derived from the adjective, might be earlier than the formal and semantic divergence between worth adj. and wurthe adj. in early Old English.
I. The quality or condition of having or deserving honour or high rank, and derived senses.
1.
a. The condition (in a person) of deserving, or being held in, high esteem or repute; honour, distinction, renown; good name. Now archaic or historical.See also of (good, great) worship at Phrases 5.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [noun]
worshipeOE
worthOE
dignity?c1225
worthsc1225
mund?c1250
pricea1325
worthfulheada1325
valourc1330
dignesse1399
value?a1400
honesty1418
worthiheadc1425
honourabilityc1426
worthihood?1457
sadnessa1513
honourableness1553
respect1567
worshipfulty1589
ingenuity1598
creditableness1647
honorificabilitudinity1656
worshipfulness1663
reputability1792
creditability1805
eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxx. 531 Hi wunnon æfter weorðscipe on þisse worulde, and tiolodon goodes hlisan mid goodum weorcum.
OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) iv. 44 Nan witega næfð nanne wurðscype [OE Lindisf. Gospels uorðscip; L. honorem] on hys agenum earde.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1578 Worðschepe [c1300 Otho worsipe] haue þu þire wel-deda.
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1344 An maide mai luue cheose Þat hirewurþschipe ne forleose.
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 8619 On him y told hir wele bitowe So ful y knawe him of worþschipe.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 551 Þat were semlyest to seye to saue my worchep.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 155 To wynne þe maystrie of wommen þou getest but litel worschippe.
c1430 Compleynt in J. Schick Lydgate's Temple of Glas (1891) App. 63 Of worshepe, honour & mesure She is the welle.
1432 in Paston Lett. (1904) II. 37 The said Erle, that all his dayes hath..desired..to kepe his trouthe and worship unblemysshed.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 8 Euery man dyd hys best to gete worshyp there.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 418/1 If he wyll say it of his worshyp [Fr. sur son honneur] I dare affyrme it.
1555 H. Braham Inst. Gentleman Prol. sig. *vjv Thus most men desyre the title of wurship, but fewe doo worke the dedes that vnto worship apperteigne.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxv. 900 As many as were of any havoir, worth and worship..fled to the Consull.
1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 99/1 Wealth makes worship.
1657 Fides Divina 72 How sottish therefore is the practice of all such as attribute any divine esteem, honour, or worship to any man.
a1810 C. B. Brown in W. Dunlap Mem. C. B. Brown (1815) I. 262 The honours of this new Saint, speedily eclipsed those of Arthur the king. The fame and worship of the ancient Arthur, had never travelled much further than the bounds of his own diocese.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 216 It will be to your worship, as my knight,..To see that she be buried worshipfully.
1896 A. C. Swinburne Tale of Balen v. 186 Great worship shall ye win..And look that ye do knightly now, For great shall be your need, I trow.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 105/2 Adventurous knights would travel far afield in time of peace to gain worship in conflicts that perilled life and limb.
1992 Rev. Eng. Stud. 43 316 The friendship of individual knights out pursuing adventure and ‘worship’.
a2005 R. R. Davies Lords & Lordship (2009) viii. 209 Lords had to prove their worship as much as retainers their service.
b. A source or ground of honour or renown (for a person); a person who or thing which constitutes a source or ground of honour. Obsolete.Frequently with genitive or to (a person).
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > [noun] > a source of credit or honour (to)
worshipeOE
honourc1325
glorya1382
diadem1526
credit1586
plume1605
honestation1629
reputation1653
a feather in the cap, hat1699
eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxv. 245 He hine ahefð on his geðohte on gielp..& deð his agenne unðeaw him to weorðscipe.
lOE Distichs of Cato (Trin. Cambr.) vii, in Anglia (1972) 90 6 Þæt bið sæ mæste weorðscype, þæt monn cunne ryht gecnawan & hit ðonne wille geðafian.
c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) l. 41 Nis ha witerliche akeast & in to þeowdom idrahen, þe of se swiðe heh stal, of se muche dignete & swuch wurðsjchipe [a1250 Titus wurðschipe] as hit is to beo godes spuse.
a1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 7 Nis hit ðe no wurðscipe þet þe deouel me to-drawe.
c1330 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Auch.) (1966) l. 788 (MED) Hit is þe wel more worsschipe..Who him tawȝte þilke gin For to come þi tour wiȝin.
?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 106 (MED) Me to spek and ȝou to lere, Þat hit be worsip, lord, to þe.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §515 Salomon seith, It is a greet worship to a man to kepen hym fro noyse & stryf.
?a1430 T. Hoccleve Mother of God l. 23 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 52 Thow art ensaumple of chastitee, And of virgynes worsship and honour.
c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) l. 966 (MED) A-qweynte ȝou wyth þat lordyng; Hyt ys worshyp to þe.
1491 Mirk's Festialis (Caxton) sig. aijv The synnes that a man..is shryuen of..shall be moche worship to hym.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xiv. 73 He bad ga fech Rhebus, hys ryall steyd, Quhilk was hys wirschyp and hys comfort hayll.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xix. C It is a mans worshipe to do good.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms iii. 3 But thou (o Lorde) art my defender, my worshipe, and the lifter vp of my heade.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 345 Wallase the cheife honour and Wirschep of the Weiris, drew him back to the Scotis partie.
1713 Hist. Seven Wise Masters Rome 52 My beloved Lady whom I intend to Wed,..the which thing will be unto me great worship and honor.
c. spec. Honour gained in battle; military glory; valour. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > [noun] > warlike excellence
worshipOE
chivalry1297
vassalage1303
bountyc1330
valuea1393
well-doingc1475
war-proofa1616
nine-worthiness1663
OE Capture of Five Boroughs 12 Dæne wæran..under Norðmannum nyde gebegde.., oþ hie alysde eft for his weorþscipe wiggendra hleo, afera Eadweardes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7022 After þam com Iedeon, þat wirscep in his time had don.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 154 Bot thar fell fayis sa can assaill, That thar mycht no worschip availl.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. l. 50 And throw his worschip sa wrouch he Yat he reskewyt all ye flearis.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. l. 1521 Hir douchtyr..Tuk vp armys in hir stede, Þat worschep pruffit in mony deide.
?a1634 A. Garden Theatre Sc. Worthies (1878) xii. 16 David..went..to the Sacred Warrs, where, after great renoun and worshipe, [he] woun innumerable perrills with great patience.
2.
a. The condition (in a person) of holding a prominent social position or rank; dignity, importance, high standing or degree. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun]
athelc885
highnesseOE
brightnessOE
thrumOE
worshipOE
highship?c1225
nobleyec1300
pridec1330
realtya1375
rialtya1375
greatnessc1384
nobletya1387
magnificencec1390
regalya1393
greatheada1400
hautesse1399
lordliness1440
celsitudec1450
excelsitudec1470
state1488
princeliness1545
kingliness1548
royalty1548
amplitudec1550
grandity1589
grandeur1600
glory1613
majesticalness1613
augusteity1615
grandezza1629
augustness1644
raisedness1645
celsity1656
splendidnessa1657
grandness1663
exaltedness1730
halo1813
queenliness1831
aureole1852
magnateship1916
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > conferring of honour > an) honour(s) or distinction
worshipOE
mensk?c1225
pre-eminence1433
honoura1500
pre-eminency1555
a feather in the cap, hat1581
garland1591
honorarium1609
honorary1610
blushing honours1623
signal1655
gayness1670
honourability1694
honourable mention1797
special mention1886
OE Rule St. Benet (Tiber.) (1888) lxiii. 105 Qui secunda hora diei venerit in monasterium juniorem se noverit illius esse qui prima hora venerit diei cujus libet aetatis aut dignitatis sit : se þe æt þære oðran tide cymð to minstre ginran hine he cunne his beon se þe on þære forman tide swa hwylcere ylde oððe wurðscipe he si.
lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. vii. 253 Ægþer ge þira welona [ge] þines weorþscipes, ægþer þara þe com ær from me.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 204 Alswa as prude is wilnunge of wurchipe. richt alse..edmodnesse for chastunge of wurchipe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11203 Swa þu scalt wunien in wurðscipe [c1300 Otho worsipe] þire.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 18 Guodes of auenture, ase richesses, worssipe, and heȝnesse.
?c1430 (c1383) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 13 For to haue lykynge of mete and drynk and cloþ and worldly worschipe.
?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 42 We pryve hym [sc. Richard II] off alle kyngly dignyte, and worship.
1461 T. Playter in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 236 Ye arn jnbylled to be made knygth at this coronacion..but and it lyke you to take the worchip vppon you [etc.].
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccix/2 There was a clerke moche renomed at rome whiche could not come to the worshyp that he desyred.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xiv. 21 Whether his children come to worshipe or no, he can not tell: And yf they be men of lowe degre, he knoweth not.
1549 in P. F. Tytler Eng. under Edward VI & Mary (1839) I. 219 (modernized text) And we..and others of worship in these countries..do incur by these means much infamy.
1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 28v, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Yet is it not, to be forgot, In Court that some, to worship come.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxiii. 216 In professing that his intent was to adde by his person honour and worship vnto hers, he tooke her plainly and clearely to wife.
1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock Hist. Free Gram. School Wakefield (1892) 57 Savinge unto everye man his higher place of worshipp and degree.
1689 Bk. Oaths Anc. & Mod. 147 I from that time forth be unable to all manner of worship, Estate or dignity, be it such as I now occupy, or any other.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. vii. 49 Worship and birth to me are known, By look, by bearing, and by tone.
b. As a count noun. A social distinction or dignity; a position of honour or rank. Often in plural. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > definite rank
worshipOE
dignityc1290
statec1300
order?a1425
OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 128 Fasces, ealdordomas uel þa hehstan wurðscipas.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 75 Al þe blisse of þise wordle him ssolde by drede: and wo. Rychesses: dong, worþssipes: uoulhede.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 113 Offa..was wrooþ wiþ men of Caunterbury, and byname hem þat worschippe [sc. the archbishopric].
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 1139 Pride of lyf þat some in hert kepes, Falles to honours and worshepes.
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 22 (MED) They whanne wyth were wyrchippis many.
c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 147 Whiche was a grete rewarde for his demerites of [read and] a grete worchipp in thoo dayes, and that worchipp [he] refused not.
1494 W. Hilton Scala Perfeccionis (de Worde) ii. xxvii. sig. niiiiv He þt hath forsake the loue of the worlde in worshippes and riches.
a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 35 If þou haddist lyued unto now in worshipes & lustes of þe worlde.
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. iii. 19 That it should be lawfull for them..to possesse all their estates and worships whatsoeuer.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 260 Men..that..in the most exact regard, support the worships of their name. View more context for this quotation
1683 tr. J. Barrin Venus in Cloister 85 He..said he could not refuse these Worships to those who merited all manner of adorations.
3. Authority or power; sovereignty, dominion. Obsolete.
Π
OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) xii. 316 Ðis syndon þa gerihta, þe se cingc ah ofer ealle men on Wessexan: þæt is mundbryce & hamsocne.., butan he hwæne ðe furðor gemæðrian wylle & he him ðæs weorðscipes [L. (Instituta Cnuti) quod sui iuris est] geunne.
c1400 J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 290 Þus schulde kyngis bi worschipe of here staat constreyne here lyge freris.., vp peyne of here leggeaunce, to telle trewþe of þes bullis.
1439–40 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1439 §19. m. 13 Þat it like þe king of his grace to declare by hys lettres patentez, þat þe said feffes mow, with þeir worshipp which þei tendre most of any ertly thing, do as is abovesaid.
c1450 (a1425) Metrical Paraphr. Old Test. (Selden) l. 10398 Þei suld noȝt be slayn, bot..þei suld þat cyte ȝeld To sysoc als þer soyuerayn, and..he suld þer wrschep weld And..þei suld serue hym for certayn.
4. Worth or value in a thing; high estimation. Obsolete.After the Middle English period only when collocated with cost: see cost n.3 Phrases 4.
ΘΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [noun] > of thing
worshipa1200
worth1340
value1379
valuec1380
emprisea1393
worthinessa1398
valure1470
valor1579
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 29 Wel wurð wunne be of wurðshipe swo hit be.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xcix. 879 Most worschip is in white glas [Isidore xvi. xvi. 4 maximus honor in candido vitro].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8259 O wortscip was þis tre to wonder.
?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 115 (MED) Þis is a good watyr for all vicis of sore eyne..þerfore þis watir is hadde in great worchyp, for it is worthy.
5. With possessive adjective, as a respectful form of address or reference.
a. With the possessive in the second (your) or third (his, her, their) person.
(a) Used of any person of high social status or note. Now archaic and sometimes ironic.
ΚΠ
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 1067 (MED) At none riseþ hire worschipes: Aryued ben hire sones shippes.
c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 65 (MED) And ther be any man that dare say itt, or mayntene itt, I am redy to shew my body that he lyes falsly—save your worshipp.
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse Ded. 5 I..doo offre ye same..to your worshipful mastership, not that I adiudge it a present, worthy your worship, but that [etc.].
1570 G. Harvey Let.-bk. 1 Your wurship is not ignorant that [etc.].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. iv. 62 What does his casheer'd Worship mutter? View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 73 M. Page. I am glad to see your Worships well.
a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub ii. i. 40 in Wks. (1640) III Why should her worship lack Her taile of Maids?
1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires v. 64 Now Marcus Dama is his Worship's Name.
1703 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. ii. i. 13 I hope your Worship will take nothing amiss.
1722 D. Defoe Relig. Courtship i. ii. 62 Indeed I did not know your Worship at first; I am sorry to see you out so late, and 't please your Worship, and all alone.
1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iv. 78 I have got a letter for your worship.
1797 C. Lamb Let. 8 Jan. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 87 Is it a farm you have got? & what does your worship know about farming?
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxv. 256 ‘This here's Pickvick, your wash-up,’ said Grummer.
1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. xv. 324 I have a great desire to run through all Spain..; and I am sure I shall never have a better opportunity than by attaching myself to your worship's skirts.
1871 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 639/1 Not only a pleasure to me, your worships, but a very great honour to my poor house. What will your worships be pleased to eat?
1929 W. Lewis Diabolical Princ. i. in Enemy No. 3. 20 P.A.J. ‘Why are you not a communist, Lewis?’ L. ‘When you truly communise, your worship, so will I; meantime I keep the few sous I can wring out of the bourgeois in my stocking.’
1993 Toronto Life July 33/1 Her worship, she-wolf of the SS, was obviously not amused.
2015 T. Nelson Year we sailed Sun i. vii. 69 Do you get the picture, Your Worship? That side of the table is for charity cases, like the two of you.
(b) spec. Used of a mayor or magistrate.
Π
1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. Hv L. Maior Which way? what Iohn, where be my men? which way? Sibil I know not, and it please your worship.
1607 Dobsons Drie Bobbes x. sig. L2v They..inioyned her to make her appearance before your worship in this Court.
1683 T. Gipps 3 Serm. i. 9 In like manner, to an Inferiour Magistrate we Address Your Worship; to a Peer of the Realm, Your Honour; [etc.].
1714 T. Rands Pax in Crumena (new ed.) 84 His Worship, the Mayor, was a Weaver by Calling.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. v. 193 He..arrived when the justice had almost finished his business. He..was acquainted that his Worship would wait on him in a moment. View more context for this quotation
1768 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 12) 45 To P.S. Esq; High Sheriff of the County of Y. Sir, your Worship.
1795 T. Wilkinson Wandering Patentee III. 259 His worship the Lord Mayor was really extremely uneasy about the business.
1836 J. M. Sherer Broken Font I. ii. 26 Please your worship, I lost my best startups (high shoes) the day before last cattle fair.
1853 H. Curling Forest Youth xxx. 151/2 His worship the mayor..will have the honour of waiting upon your lordship.
1881 ‘M. Twain’ Prince & Pauper xxiii. 73 Three shillings and eightpence, your worship—I could not abate a penny and set forth the value honestly.
1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ii. 18 The prisoner opened the doors of two cars, your worship.
1962 N. Mandela in Struggle is my Life (1978) ii. x. 137 I want to make an application for the recusal of Your Worship from this case.
1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 Feb. a17/2 Oyez! Oyez! I bring you greetings on behalf of His Worship, John Broderick, Councilor Mayor of Lyme Regis!
2014 Pretoria News Weekend (Nexis) 7 June 1 As Hewitt was read the charges..he stood perfectly still, and had to be asked twice if he understood the charges... ‘Yes, your worship’, he softly responded.
b. With the possessive in the first person. my worship: I, me, myself. our worships: we, us, ourselves. Sometimes humorous. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > individuality or selfhood > self > I > me
meeOE
my worshipa1500
moi1760
your humble1765
us1828
yours truly1833
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxvi. 336 Spare youre spech, ye brodels bold! And sesse youre cry till I haue told What that my worship wold.
1594 Life & Death Iacke Straw sig. B3 Iacke Straw. I haue his wife and children pledges, for his speedie returne... Tom Miller. Let him take heede hee bring a wise answere to our worships, or els his pledges goes to the pot.
a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea (1655) v. sig. F3 Hang. Thank your worships. Clin. I would your knaveship had our worships place, If hanging now be held so worshipful.
1668 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 223 I saw 3 good matches at Newmarket which pleased the king well, but not my worshippe, for I gott no money by them.
1728 Street-robberies, Consider'd 26 She let him know that her Husband (meaning my Worship..) was out of Town.
1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas IV. x. v. 33 I was conducted..into an apartment prepared for me: there I found a good bed, in which my worship went to sleep.
1807 Salmagundi 13 Feb. 50 One of the greatest sources of amusement..is to ramble about and hear the various conjectures of the town respecting our worships, whom every body pretends to know as well as Falstaff did prince Hal at Gad's-hill.
1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. ix.118 Your blessing, Father Abbot: what deep matters Have called our worships to this conference?
1860 Atlantic Monthly July 46/2 He [sc. an alcalde]..rapidly followed up his salutation by putting himself and the town and all the people in it ‘at the disposition of our Worships’.
1897 ‘R. Thirlmere’ Idylls of Spain 24 Spotless, too, were the bedrooms, into which we also prowled; and then came a frightened maid to ask what our Worships wanted.
1958 T. H. White Once & Future King iv. x. 635 I speak for the Queen, not for my own worship.
6. A person of high social status; a person of note. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun]
yea1225
my Lordc1300
seigniorc1330
squire1382
noblessec1390
lordship1394
grace1423
gentlenessc1425
magnificencec1425
noblenessc1425
greatness1473
worshipc1475
your mightinessa1500
excellency?1533
celsitude1535
altitude1543
Your Honour1551
sublimity1553
excellencea1592
captal1592
gentleperson1597
clemencya1600
gravity1618
grace1625
grandeur1632
eximiousness1648
professorship1656
prince1677
excellenceshipc1716
Graceship1804
seigniorship1823
valiancy1828
your seignorie1829
society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > form of address to
my Lordc1300
worshipc1475
Mr Justice1596
justiceship1637
Lord Chief Justiceship1752
Your Honour1832
lud1878
Mrs Justice1903
Madam Justice1957
c1475 in J. P. Genet Four Eng. Polit. Tracts (1977) 185 (MED) The Princes and greete lordys of the world beth bounde to susteyne..and kepe..the pover subgites by whos greet labours they lyve and reioice, greete worshippes in their estatz.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 11/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The greater number of the Aldermen and the worshippes of the Citie are demurraunt within that paroche.
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xvi. cii. 404 If Variance hapt to fall, They went not to such Worships as like Tyrants men miscall.
a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 491 The next in dignity to himself..(Though such an alliance would perhaps be thought derogatory to the Worships of our days).
1776 T. Roch Charters Destructive 69 I shall now shew the paternal regard these worships express for posterity, by carefully keeping up the breed.
7. A group of writers.One of many alleged group terms originating in late Middle English glossarial sources.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > company or body of writers
worship1486
the republic of letters1677
1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. fvii A worship of writeris.
1980 S. Peterson Dark of Screen iii. 81 Downstairs there was a waiter silently tearing up newspapers. Upstairs there were worships of writers and madders of painters not too silently tearing each other's works apart.
2001 Los Angeles Mag. Apr. 26/2 A worship of writers (so coined for the deference they historically showed to their patrons rather than, unfortunately, the reverse).
II. A feeling or attitude expressing reverence or respect, or an action springing from one (and derived senses). Now the more common uses.
8.
a. Reverence or veneration paid to a being or power regarded as supernatural or divine; the action or practice of displaying this by appropriate acts, rites, or ceremonies.See the first element for further uses with modifying word or in phrases, as Baal worship, calf worship, devil worship, fetish worship, nature worship, saint worship, sun worship, etc.; church worship, mosque worship, temple worship, etc.; exercises of worship, meeting for worship, place of worship, etc. See also hero worship n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > [noun]
worthingeOE
bigengOE
worshipOE
knowledgingc1225
praising?c1225
holinessc1275
servicec1275
servingc1275
shrifta1300
anourc1330
worshippinga1333
devotion1340
blessing1382
the calves of our lipsc1384
gloryc1384
magnifyingc1384
worshipfulnessc1390
adoringc1405
divine service1415
adorationc1443
reverencingc1443
praise1447
culture1483
common servicea1500
venerationa1530
thanksgiving1533
cult1613
cultus1617
doxology1649
glorifying1748
feasting1840
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [noun] > action or fact of revering
servingc1275
worshippinga1425
venerationa1530
worship1838
OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) li. 321 Bono animo gloriam redde deo : mid godum mode wyrðscype agyld gode.
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 656 Ðancod wurð hit þon hæge ælmihti God þis wurðscipe þet her is gedon, & ic wile wurðigen þis dæi Crist & Sancte Peter.
a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 85 (MED) Ðanne hit is þin wille ðat ic ðe loc ofrin mote, ðe to wurdscipe and me to hale, ðanne most þu don al swa ðu hafst aure idon bi alle ðinen.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 8 (MED) Ine þise ilke heste is onderstonde þe worþssipe þet we ssolle bere to oure uaderes gostliche.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5985 Thre dais gang..We most weind in to wildirness To mak vr lauerd his wirscip to.
a1425 Story Holy Rood (Harl.) l. 63 in R. Morris Legends Holy Rood (1871) 63 Oure angels went fra vs oway, Bifor god þaire wirschip to ma.
a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 7362 We [sc. Saxons] haue Godes seeres, ffor whos wyrschip we make auteres.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 208 Whan theyre ioye ys not else but that worshyp and glory be gyuen vnto god.
1550 R. Crowley Way to Wealth sig. Aviv Doinge them dayly worshipe and reuerence in the temples.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 12 Lord, thow will haif..Wirschip in Spirite and veritie.
1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. i. 3 His presence in that temple so holy, so glorious, and appointed for his woorship.
1641 J. Burroughes Sions Joy 53 The changers of Gods worship amongst the ten Tribes were wiser.
1644 (title) A Directory for The Publique Worship of God, Throughout the Three Kingdoms.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. iv. §7 Which Pliny takes notice of as a great part of the Christians worship.
1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Earl of Rochester 53 He believed there should be no other Religious worship, but a general Celebration of that Being in some short Hymn.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 147. ⁋4 As the matter of Worship is now managed, in Dissenting Congregations.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. vii. 99 In some places, scarce as many Ministers remained, as to perform the duties of religious worship.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xl iv. 281 The first variation from the purer zabaism consisted in the ophilatreia, or worship of the serpent.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila i. iv. 32 The attitude that Nature dedicates to the worship of a God.
1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. vi. 129 To think that we know everything about God is to benumb and deaden worship; but mystical thought quickens worship.
1883 C. D. Warner Roundabout Journey 45 Protestant worship was forbidden in this region.
1904 S. W. Bushell Chinese Art I. vii. 139 A perforated round symbol (pi) of cerulean tint is used in the worship of heaven, an octagonal symbol (tsung) of yellow jade for earth.
1961 Amer. Heritage Bk. Indians 46/1 He tried to abolish human sacrifice in Tula and limit worship to the burning of copal (resin) as incense.
2008 Victorian Mar. 23/4 Bevis Marks in the City of London, home to an unbroken tradition of worship since 1701.
b. Veneration similar to that paid to a being or power regarded as supernatural or divine; the action or practice of displaying this.Not always clearly distinguishable from sense 9.ancestor worship, death worship, home worship, people worship, wealth worship, etc.: see the first element. See also hero worship n. 2, heroine worship n., lip-worship n., etc.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [noun] > immoderate reverence
idolatryc1386
mammetrya1400
worshipa1616
idolizing1637
idolism1816
idolization1853
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 49 'Tis not..your cheek of cream, That can entame my spirits to your worship.
a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) i. 161 Every City set up the worship of its own Founder.
1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. VIII. 129/1 A kind of worship which the Chinese pay to..some of their great monarchs and eminent men, and especially to their great philosopher and lawgiver Confucius.
1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 20 He redeemed man from the worship of that idol, self.
1838 E. B. Browning To Bettine 3 Upturning worship and delight..To his grand face, as women will.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. i. 25 The dying city..obtained wider worship in her decrepitude than in her youth.
1893 Harper's Mag. Dec. 13/1 The General Assembly addressed James in terms of worship extraordinary to a republican ear.
1906 W. James Let. 11 Sept. (1920) II. 260 A symptom of the moral flabbiness born of the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess success.
1941 P. Grainger Let. 17 June in All-round Man (1994) 173 The Germans have their..silly worship of Italian-derived musical forms, their pedantic respect for fugue.
2010 Geogr. Rev. 100 609 Those postmodern intellectuals who embrace..a vaguely pantheistic spirituality that vacillates between worship of history and worship of nature.
9. Respect or honour shown to a person or thing; the action or practice of displaying this. Now rare.Not always clearly distinguishable from, and now passing into, sense 8b.cap worship, hat worship, knee worship, etc.: see the first element.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect
worthingeOE
worthminteOE
worshipOE
homagec1300
honorancec1300
honourc1300
honestyc1384
honoration1493
honorificencea1500
eminencea1616
eminency1647
rising1711
OE Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Nero) (1957) 272 Ac ealne þæne bysmor þe we oft þoliað we gyldað mid weorðscipe þam þe us scendað.
lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1115 On þison geare sænde se papa Paschalis Raulfe ærcebiscop on Cantwarabyrig pallium hider to lande, & he his onfeng mid mycelan wurðscipe.
c1175 (?OE) Writ of Brother Edwin (Sawyer 1428) in S. Miller Charters of New Minster, Winchester (2001) 164 Me þær Ægelwine bisceop mid weorscipe [altered from wenrscipe] underfeng.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 607 Ich þe wulle huren mid wrhscipe hæȝan.
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 7 To bringe þe body in to þe place þider withe worschepe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12092 Til eldrin men wirscip to scau.
a1450 ( G. Chaucer Bk. Duchess (Tanner 346) (1871) l. 1032 That I may of you here sayn Worshyp or that ye come agayn.
a1475 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 241 He salutyd his moder with gret worchepe.
a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 203 Sen thow with wirschep wald sa fane be styld, Haill, souerane senȝeour.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith xiiii. C Thou wotest that I loue not the glory and worshipe of the vnrighteous.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 117 I pretermitted nothing, which might make for your aduauncement,..in respecte of the worship that might be ministred by wordes.
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 70 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) So that they were then received with all worship.
1637 T. Nabbes Hannibal & Scipio iv. v. sig. H4v You cannot there expect A value of your selfe, above the worship Their eyes will give you, when they rudely gaze Vpon your forme.
1783 J. King Thoughts Diffic. 2 They will be discovered sooner or later, and then not only miss their aim of public admiration and worship, but meet with infamy and public indignation.
1898 C. G. D. Roberts N.Y. Nocturnes 16 And life became forever strange and sweet, A gift to lay with worship at her feet.
1928 Times 28 Feb. 14/4 You are great for ever, and the countless throng love and honour you always and offer worship and good wishes to you—a great queen woman.
1965 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 21 Nov. d3 I am thankful for my schools. I give worship to my family. I am thankful for our church.
10. As a count noun. A form or type of veneration or adoration. Also: †a single instance or occasion of performing the acts associated with these (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of
churchOE
servicelOE
rightlOE
observancea1250
officec1300
preachingc1350
ritec1350
ceremonyc1380
usea1382
prayerc1384
form1399
ordinancea1400
ordera1425
worship?a1425
worshippingc1443
common prayer1493
common servicea1500
ordinarya1513
celebrity1534
church servicea1555
religious exercise1560
function1564
agend1581
church office1581
liturgy1593
Common Prayer service1648
ritualities1648
ceremonial1672
hierurgy1678
occasion1761
religiosities1834
cursus1865
joss-pidgin1886
worship service1929
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 14 (MED) Þis soule whanne sche ȝaf worschipis & þankynges to God, sche praiede þat he wolde speke to hir of þe vertu of obedience.
c1450 (?a1400) Sege Melayne (1880) l. 993 (MED) Thou settis more by a littill golde..Þan to fighte one goddes foo; Loo! ȝonder comes Sarazenes in þe felde; Go kill þam down vndir thi schelde, Slyk orchippes [read worchippes] were gude to do.
1521 tr. C. de Pisan Body of Polycye i. viii. sig. b.iv They had a very byleue that in wynnyng of these worshyppes to theyr goddes they gate the rewle and gouernaunce of all ye worlde.
1595 R. Robinson tr. V. Strigel Third Proceeding Harmonie King Davids Harp li. 82 These worships let vs also performe, that there may be discerned a difference betweene the true church of God and other nations.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. iii. 334 Virachocha, which helde the chiefe place amongst the worships which the Kings Inguas made.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxxv. 1) 277 The Church, in her Worships, is terrible as an army with banners.
1657 J. Watts Narr. Publicke Dipping in Scribe, Pharisee iii. To Rdr. sig. *v This Dipping of two new Sisters in a Pond of the Yard..being in publick, upon the Lords-day, and betwixt the Morning and Evening Worships, drew away much people thither.
1669 W. Penn in Extracts State Papers (Friends' Hist. Soc.) (1912) 3rd Ser. 282 The Phar[isees], Esseans, Saduces &c had the free exercise of their destinct worships.
1687 Proclam. in London Gaz. No. 2221/5 And likewise Indemnifying fully and freely all Quakers, for their Meetings and Worships.
a1722 J. Whiting Persecution Expos'd (1791) 211 Our not conforming to those worships that we have no faith in.
1765 tr. Voltaire Philos. Dict. 98 The Christians making no secret of their detestation of all those worships.
1835 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Acharnians Introd. p. xii A faith, which..stood far indeed above the baser worships, which surrounded it.
1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 210 Continuing..to dispense the customary gratuities among the ministers of worships, which were still adhered to by large masses of the Roman people.
1906 A. E. Whatham in Amer. Jrnl. Relig. Psychol. 2 56 Asherah worship was a combination of two separate worships.
1999 L. R. LiDonnici in R. S. Kraemer & M. A. D'Angelo Women & Christian Origins iv. 85 All of these worships had temples, or at least altars, for sacrifice, festivals, games, and processions.
11. poetic. Something which is worshipped, an object of veneration. Obsolete. rare.In quot. a1625 as part of an (apparently euphemistic) oath.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > [noun] > object of
fear1535
worshipa1625
chaitya1875
chorten1891
a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse ii. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnn4/1 By that brightnesse That gildes the world with light, by all our worships,..I will not rest.

Phrases

P1. in (also for, to) (a person's or god's) worship (also with dative): in honour of; so as to show respect or veneration to. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [phrase] > out of respect for
in (also for, to) (a person's or god's) worshipeOE
in honour ofc1300
in the reverence that1389
at (the) reverence ofc1405
in deference to1863
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. xi. 140 Him to weorðscipe hie heton his wif casern.
OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Esther (transcript of lost MS) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 97 Ic wille, þæt þu beo æt minum gebeorscipe, þu, leof, and Aman to þinum wurðscipe.
a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 5 Heo..nomen..þa blostme and..bistreweden al þane weye him to wurþseipe [read wurþscipe].
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 26 Haleȝen ase ȝe luuieð mest. inheore wurchipe seggeð ma oðer lees.
c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) 338 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 472 Þe Marie heo mauden wardein of heom.., þe swete holie Maudeleyne in cristes wurthschipe, For heo was þe kingue of heouene leof and deore.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 93 Medus..cleped þe citee Media also, in worschippe of his moder.
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 27 A bretherhode þer is ordened of barbres..in þe worschep of god and ys moder.
c1430 Compleynt in J. Schick Lydgate's Temple of Glas (1891) App. 66 In hir worshepe & memorye, Was mad a laumpe of this ston.
1465 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 140 I wold make my doblet all worsted for worship of Norffolk.
a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 558 Such Craftes..as bere ȝerely charge in þis Cite to þe worship of the same.
1526 R. Whitford tr. Martiloge 51 b The dedicacyon of a chirche that saynt Bonyface ye pope halowed in the worshyp of our lady & of all martyrs.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 125 It is written at the length, and in most shewyng maner, to their honour and worship.
P2. to do worship to (also †till, †for), to do (a person) worship: to show honour or veneration to; to pay respect or homage to; to perform religious rites or ceremonies in honour of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] > show respect for
wortheOE
to do worship to (also till, for)OE
honourc1275
worshipc1300
to make feasta1325
to do (a person or thing) honourc1330
observec1390
reverencec1400
weigh1423
honourable1455
worthya1500
honorify1606
to rise up to (also unto)1621
OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) liii. 283 Þæt hig þa ylcan endebyrdnysse æwfæstlice healdon, and rihtlicne weorðscipe don heora ealdrum and heora lareowum.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4901 Claudien..wes þi cudliche freond. þe dude þe þa wurhscipe [c1300 Otho worsipe].
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2757 [Jethro's daughters] gunen him ðore tellen, Hu a gunge man..Ðewe and wursipe hem dede.
J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) l. 206 Our gastly fadirs..techis us..til ilk man that worshipfull is, for to do worship aftir that it is.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5290 He has me cast of alle my care. and done me worshepe.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7090 Kyng william in his ȝere thryd Worschip to Robert comyn did.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xiv. 329 Ye have doon to theim soo grete worship.
a1500 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Cambr.) l. 1222 Moche worschyp [c1330 Auch. continues he haþ for me ido].
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Titus ii. 10 That they maye do worshippe to the doctryne off god oure saveoure in all thynges.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iv. sig. C.j Do your maister worship as ye haue done in time past.
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. iv. sig. Hv That shirt may doe you More Worship then you thinke. View more context for this quotation
1632 J. Mabbe tr. J. de Santa Maria Christian Policie xxxviii. 463 When men shall go about as it were..to make him a little God almighty, in doing him worship and honour, let him by no meanes giue way thereunto.
1690 W. Barlow Treat. Fornication 7 Do worship to a golden Image.
1826 U.S. Rev. & Lit. Gaz. Dec. 213 He lived in this cave, and there did worship to his master.
1861 W. Knox Bunch of Keys 66 Christ has now a body, let us do him worship with our bodies.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. §3. 78 To accompany the King on his voyage or simply to do him worship on his departure.
1900 Church Standard 22 Dec. 276/2 How three kings came riding To Herod's court for tiding Of the Prince whose birth was greeted by a star..And did come to do Him worship from the Orient land afar.
1944 H. Wodehouse One Kind of Relig. xii. 131 I do worship to the doer, and the doing, and the thing done; the achieving and the achievement.
1994 tr. in Asian Folklore Stud. 53 282 Doing worship to Śiva and Pārvatī, We come to celebrate Tij by fasting.
P3. to have (also hold) in (in early use on) worship: (a) to hold in great esteem; (b) to regard as a god, to venerate. Obsolete.
Π
OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 28 He heold his fæder on fullum wurðscipe [c1175 Bodl. on fulle wurðscipe] þær.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 429 Belles and staues [That] in worschippe men haues.
a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 67 For þe puple hadde Crist in worship as a prophete.
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 34 Þai hafe þat place in grete wirschippe.
c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 15 And euyrmore loke that thou holde alle thi lordis in gret worshipe as they ben of estate.
a1500 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1893) 90 297 (MED) Haue on god in worship.
1521 tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Cyte of Ladyes ii. l. sig. L.vi And the Marquys made Ianycle her fader of whome he made no grete compte before to come to ye palays & there he helde hym in grete worshyp.
1601 R. Linche tr. G. Nanni Hist. Treat. Trav. Noah sig. D So also was Titea his wife held in great reverence, worship, and holy esteeme.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 344 Saint Thomas Becket likewise was holden in great esteeme and worship at this Towne.
1753 W. Perry Treat. Trade (ed. 2) 61 That Trade..amongst the Antients was held in Worship, Esteem, Repute and Honour.
1879 Rom. Breviary (new ed.) II. 1294/1 The Archangel Michael is the Vice-Roy of Paradise, and the Angels that are the dwellers therein do hold him in worship.
1909 Mindanao Herald 3 Feb. 15/3 He has built up such a reputation that if God does not bury his body in the abysses the people of Mindanao will have him in worship.
P4. to win (one's) worship: to gain honour or renown. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > be or become eminent [verb (intransitive)] > gain fame or eminence
to win (one's) worshipc1175
to win one's shoesa1400
to win one's (also the) spursc1425
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12373 Forr þurrh þatt tatt teȝȝ wolldenn ba. Ȝæn godd wurrshipe winnenn.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 818 Who þat þer be of mest miȝt, Grete worþschipe he winneþ.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 618 Nis no man vpon mold þat more worchip winnes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2439 He luued hir wil mare þan are, For wirscipp þat sco did him win.
a1450 ( in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 11 A worþi knyȝt wol worchip wynne.
a1500 (?a1400) Morte Arthur (1903) l. 35 That Auntre shall by-gynne..That knightis shall there worship wynne.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxiiiv Vpon ye v. day played togyder an Henauder and a squyre called Iohn Stewarde, whiche daye also the Englyssheman wan ye worshyp.
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxvi. 157 Quha vantis be bluid thay all thair worschip wan.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A3 Vpon a great aduenture he was bond,..To winne him worshippe.
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iii. sig. Dv That with industrious paines hath..wonne His true got worship.
1652 Ripley's Compend of Alchemy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 155 But wyll ye here what worshyp and avayle, They wyn in London.
1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. 28 He that forecasts a' Perils will win nae Worship.
P5. of (good, great) worship: (of a person) of good reputation or social standing (or both); (of a place) of importance; chiefly following a noun, as man of worship. Now archaic and rare.In quot. 1598 contrasted with of honour (= belonging to the nobility).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [noun] > person or people
man of worship1340
worthya1393
anybody1802
prince1864
(the) clean potato1880
righto1908
V.I.P.1933
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 259 Hit becomþ wel to man of worssipe..þet he by wel ordine and amesured ine alle his dedes.
1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 18 With other folkes of wourshippe, preests, and good frendys.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 296 She is a lady off grete worshyp and of grete londys.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng Prol. sig. B2 Euery great estate, bothe men & women of worship, that haue great possessyons of landes and tenementes, shulde haue [etc.].
1555 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebell. 7 Maister Tucke..& maister Dorrel..gentlemen of good wurshyppe, and Iustices of peace.
1556 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 15th Rep.: App. Pt. III (1897) 21 in Parl. Papers (C. 8364) XLVIII. 71 They..shall examyne hym or them before the nexte gentilman of worshipe.
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 265 In this Cloyster were buried many persons, some of worship, and others of honour.
1618 J. Taylor Pennyles Pilgrimage C 2 b Kinde Mr. Thomas Banister, the Mayor, Who is of worship and of good Respect.
a1650 ( in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 130 The said lordes goeing on foote in everie towne of worshippe.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 178 Our Author (though a person of witt and worship) deriveth his intelligence from a French writer disaffected in religion.
1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour v. i. 47 All the World know me to be a Knight, and a Man of Worship.
1710 J. Strype Hist. E. Grindal ii. iii. 182 They summoned all the Clergy as well faulty as innocent, and others also of good Worship and Credit, to appear before them.
?1765 Antient Hist. & Descr. Exeter 258 He was led on both Sides by two Men of Worship.
1778 Hist. Cheshire I. 248 The Leighs of Baguley, gentlemen of great worship.
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. v. 178 ‘This in our presence, and to a man of worship!’ said the Abbot.
1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 295 His uncle and his grandfather were both men of worship in my boyish days.
1937 D. M. Jones In Parenthesis vi. 138 The G.S.O.2 who used to be with the 180th that long bloke and a man of great worship was in an awful pee.
P6. to get (also have) the worship of: to gain (or possess) the honour of overcoming or beating. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > win (any contest or prize) > have the honour of winning
to get (also have) the worship ofa1470
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > gain the honour of winning
to get (also have) the worship ofa1470
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 483 ‘Sir,’ seyde sir Lamerok, ‘for youre renowne and your name I woll that ye have the worship, and therefore I woll yelde me unto you.’
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) lxxii. 116 Bawdwyn, and they that were with hym,..said that they ought to haue the worship of this toun.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. sig. Avi A batell in smytfeld betwene the lord scales and the bastard of burgoyne and the lord scales had the worship of the felde.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxiiiv An Englysshe Equyer..gatte suche worshyp of the same Henauder, that the kynge for his guerdon made hym streyght knyght.
P7. the more cost, the more worship, more cost than worship, and variants: see cost n.3 Phrases 4.

Compounds

C1. General attributive and objective, as worship deed, worship house, worship-leader, worship music, worship service, worship song, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of
churchOE
servicelOE
rightlOE
observancea1250
officec1300
preachingc1350
ritec1350
ceremonyc1380
usea1382
prayerc1384
form1399
ordinancea1400
ordera1425
worship?a1425
worshippingc1443
common prayer1493
common servicea1500
ordinarya1513
celebrity1534
church servicea1555
religious exercise1560
function1564
agend1581
church office1581
liturgy1593
Common Prayer service1648
ritualities1648
ceremonial1672
hierurgy1678
occasion1761
religiosities1834
cursus1865
joss-pidgin1886
worship service1929
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 12770 (MED) But wold ȝe, lord, do my rede, Ȝe scholde do a worschip-dede.
1629 T. Paybody Iust Apologie Gesture of Kneeling ii. i. 41 For so long as there is a worship-ordinance, and a worshipping soule, there also the body worshippeth.
1674 W. Coddington Demonstr. True Love 10 This bloody Persecutor being at your Worship-House in the fore-part of the Day.
1794 in Jrnl. Friends' Hist. Soc. (1918) 9 The Castle..with their Worship House adjoining is a fine Object.
1863 Spectator 24 Jan. 1553/2 The narrow worshippers are made still narrower by the pressure of their single idea on the mind of their worship-leader.
1866 Macmillan's Mag. July 193/1 Those who dedicated their lives in adding to the stores of worship-music.
1869 New Monthly Mag. Nov. 586 The choir-loft, where the organ blast Pealed forth the solemn worship songs of Rome.
1919 C. A. Harris Brit. Music 130 The Fathers of the Genevan School prohibited all worship-music except unisonous psalm-tunes.
1929 Bull. (Virginia Agric. Experiment Station) No. 267. vi. 96 Worship services... The writer does not feel that the worship services were well integrated with the general theme and purpose of the conference.
1938 R. Pushee Music in Relig. Service ii. 14 The Hebrews..used the psalms as their main source of worship song.
1967 Exper. in Community, Program (Liturgical Week Conf., Kansas City, Missouri) in Liturg. Arts Nov. 24/1 The eucharist, the central worship deed of the community.
1978 R. Nixon Mem. 538 On our first Sunday in the White House we held the first White House worship service in the East Room.
1997 E. M. Ward Asking for Wonder iv. 37 Some worship houses are filled with pleasant incense and perfumes.
2011 Church Times 17 June 2/3 Israel Houghton, a worship-leader from the United States.
C2.
worship-willer n. Obsolete rare a person who desires to be worshipped.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun] > vain person
puppy?1544
self-lover1555
coxcomb1567
feather-cock1612
self-admirer1633
self-idolater1643
cockcomb1684
peachick1693
worship-willer1721
narcissus1767
narcissist1917
1721 J. Urry Wks. Geoffrey Chaucer 180/1 An angel bad John to' him not knele, Only to God to do his bowinge; Soche worship-willers mote ill fele.
worship-worth adj. Obsolete literary = worship-worthy adj. at Derivatives.
ΚΠ
1870 D. G. Rossetti Poems 91 'Neath golden lilies worship-worth, How queenly would she bend the while.
1884 J. Payne 1001 Nights IX. 151 None is worshipworth save God alone.
1897 H. T. Francis & R.A. Neil tr. Jātaka III. vi. 152 Ne'er be angry, prince of warriors; ne'er be angry, lord of earth: Anger ne'er requite with anger: thus a king is worship-worth.

Derivatives

ˈworship-worthy adj. deserving of worship, fit to be worshipped.
Π
a1569 A. Kingsmill Godly Aduise touching Mariage in Viewe Mans Estate (1574) sig. I.vijv A plaine gentleman, not verie well borne, but verie well brought vp, not worshipfull, but worshippe worthie.
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 364 Then were the wisest of the people woorship woorthie.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 268 An old Fragment thus: The wisest of the people were..worship worthy euery one in his rank,..Earle, Churl, Thane, and Underthane.
1871 H. B. Forman Our Living Poets 363 This..offers positive existences as worship-worthy in the room of those ideas.
1977 Internat. Jrnl. Philos. of Relig. 8 44 A feeling of loss of self or submersion into the holy because of its worship worthy qualities.
2016 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Feb. (Lifestyle section) 92 Custom made for the London red carpet, this gold sequined stunner is worship-worthy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

worshipv.

Brit. /ˈwəːʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈwərʃəp/
Forms:

α. early Middle English wrthscipe, early Middle English wurthschipie (Oxfordshire), early Middle English wurðchipe, early Middle English wurðsupe, Middle English worþschipe, Middle English worþshipe, Middle English worþssipie (south-eastern).

β. Middle English vorchepe, Middle English vurchep, Middle English werchepe, Middle English werschep, Middle English werschipe, Middle English werschipp, Middle English wershipe, Middle English whorshep, Middle English wirchep, Middle English wirchip, Middle English wirchipe, Middle English wirchiphing (present participle, perhaps transmission error), Middle English wirchipp, Middle English wirchippe, Middle English wirscep, Middle English wirschep, Middle English wirschepe, Middle English wirschip, Middle English wirschipe, Middle English wirschipp, Middle English wirschippe, Middle English wirscip, Middle English wirscippe, Middle English wirshepe, Middle English wirship, Middle English wirshipe, Middle English wirshipp, Middle English wirshippe, Middle English wirshope, Middle English wirshyp, Middle English wirsshuppe, Middle English wochepe (perhaps transmission error), Middle English worcepe, Middle English worchep, Middle English worchepe, Middle English worchepp, Middle English worcheppe, Middle English worchip, Middle English worchipe, Middle English worchipp, Middle English worchippe, Middle English worchop, Middle English worchope, Middle English worchup, Middle English worchuppe, Middle English worchype, Middle English worchypp, Middle English worchyppe, Middle English worschep, Middle English worschepe, Middle English worscheppe, Middle English worschipe, Middle English worschipp, Middle English worschippe, Middle English worschop, Middle English worschope, Middle English worschup, Middle English worschupe, Middle English worschupp, Middle English worschyp, Middle English worschype, Middle English worschypp, Middle English worschyppe, Middle English worscipe, Middle English worscyp, Middle English worscype, Middle English worscyppe, Middle English worsȝype, Middle English worshep, Middle English worshup, Middle English worshupe, Middle English worsip, Middle English worsschep, Middle English worsschip, Middle English worsshepe, Middle English worsshipe, Middle English worsshipp, Middle English worsshup, Middle English worssipie (south-eastern), Middle English worsup, Middle English worsupp, Middle English worsyp, Middle English wourchypp, Middle English wourschepe, Middle English wourshepe, Middle English woursship, Middle English wrchepe, Middle English wrchip, Middle English wrchipe, Middle English wrschep, Middle English wrschupe, Middle English wrshepe, Middle English wrshipe, Middle English wrsyp, Middle English wurchep, Middle English wurchepe, Middle English wurcheppe, Middle English wurchip, Middle English wurchipe, Middle English wurchipp, Middle English wurchippe, Middle English wurchyp, Middle English wurchype, Middle English wurchypp, Middle English wurschep, Middle English wurschepe, Middle English wurschepp, Middle English wurschip, Middle English wurschipe, Middle English wurschipp, Middle English wurschippe, Middle English wurschup, Middle English wurschyp, Middle English wurschype, Middle English wurschypp, Middle English wurschyppe, Middle English wurschyþ (transmission error), Middle English wurshep, Middle English wurshepe, Middle English wurshipe, Middle English wurshipp, Middle English wurshupp, Middle English wursipe, Middle English wyrchep, Middle English wyrchepe, Middle English wyrchip, Middle English wyrchipe, Middle English wyrchipp, Middle English wyrchippe, Middle English wyrchiyp (perhaps transmission error), Middle English wyrchyp, Middle English wyrchypp, Middle English wyrchyppe, Middle English wyrschepe, Middle English wyrscheppe, Middle English wyrschip, Middle English wyrschipe, Middle English wyrschipp, Middle English wyrschippe, Middle English wyrschyp, Middle English wyrschype, Middle English wyrschypp, Middle English wyrschyppe, Middle English wyrscyp, Middle English wyrsepe, Middle English wyrship, Middle English wyrshipe, Middle English wyrshippe, Middle English wyrshuppe, Middle English wyrshyp, Middle English wyrshype, Middle English wyrshypp, Middle English wyrshyppe, Middle English–1500s worchyp, Middle English–1500s worschip, Middle English–1500s worshepe, Middle English–1500s worsheppe, Middle English–1500s worshuppe, Middle English–1500s worshype, Middle English–1500s worshypp, Middle English–1500s worshyppe, Middle English–1500s worsshippe, Middle English–1500s wourship, Middle English–1500s wourshippe, Middle English–1500s wurship, Middle English–1500s wurshippe, Middle English–1500s wurshup, Middle English–1500s wurshyp, Middle English–1500s wursship, Middle English–1600s worshipe, Middle English–1600s worshipp, Middle English–1600s worshippe, Middle English–1600s worshyp, Middle English–1700s whorship, Middle English– worship, late Middle English worchpeyn (transmission error), late Middle English worschyd (past tense, transmission error), 1500s whorshepe, 1500s woorshyp, 1500s woorshyppe, 1500s woorsship, 1500s worshope, 1500s worsshyp, 1500s worsshype, 1500s worsshyppe, 1500s worssyppe, 1500s wourshyp, 1500s wourshyppe, 1500s wurshyppe, 1500s–1600s whorshippe, 1500s–1600s woorship, 1500s–1600s woorshipp, 1500s–1600s woorshippe; Scottish pre-1700 virchip, pre-1700 virscheap, pre-1700 virschepe, pre-1700 virschip, pre-1700 vorschip, pre-1700 werschip, pre-1700 wirchip, pre-1700 wirchop, pre-1700 wirschep, pre-1700 wirschepe, pre-1700 wirschip, pre-1700 wirship, pre-1700 woorship, pre-1700 worchipe, pre-1700 worschep, pre-1700 worschip, pre-1700 worschipe, pre-1700 worschype, pre-1700 woureschip, pre-1700 wourschip, pre-1700 wourschyp, pre-1700 wourship, pre-1700 wyrschep, pre-1700 wyrschip, pre-1700 wyrscip, pre-1700 wyrship, pre-1700 1700s– worship; N.E.D. (1928) also records a form late Middle English wirschuppe.

Also past participle Middle English wershep, Middle English wirschip, Middle English worchep, Middle English worshyp, Middle English wrschip, Middle English yworschyppe.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: worship n.
Etymology: < worship n.
1.
a. transitive. To honour or revere as a supernatural being or power, or as a holy thing; to regard or approach with religious veneration.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)]
heryc735
wortheOE
hallowa1000
blessOE
worshipa1200
servec1225
anourec1275
adorec1300
glorify1340
laud1377
magnifya1382
praisea1382
sacre1390
feara1400
reverencec1400
anorna1425
adorn1480
embrace1490
elevatea1513
reverent1565
god1595
venerate1623
thanksgivea1638
congratule1657
doxologizea1816
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 5 Wule we..understonden him on ure eðele bede, and wurðsupen him on ure edie dede.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 5 Þou ne sselt habbe god bote me, ne worssipie ne serui.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 1272 The Cronique..Seith that the gentils most of alle Worschipen hire and to hire calle.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22292 Þat hali trinite..aght ouer-all wirsceped be.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 5796 And þei of Lewne worschip Wlcanus, Þe god of fyre.
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 393 And for she dede wurshepe crist & loue..Hyr fadyr hyr hatyd.
1530 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters (new ed.) iv. ii. f. cxxivv Euery man well woteth how reuerently hym selfe worshypped both our lady and all sayntys.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. v. f. 8 To driue farre away the true God whome we ought to feare and worshyp.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 53 The King was as superstitious in worshipping those miraculous herrings as the fisherman.
1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 12 Men use to worship the rising sunne.
1647 A. Cowley Mistresse 6 They worshipt many a Beast, and many a Stone.
1680 T. Lawson Mite into Treasury 50 The Druides had Oak-Trees in great estimation; they worshipped the Misleen that grows thereon.
1743 J. Morris Serm. vii. 200 The true God, whom their fathers had worshiped.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 191 We may say..that the most frightful of reptiles is worshipped by the most..barbarous of mankind.
1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. vii. 102 Men have worshipped some fantastic being for living alone in a wilderness.
1876 L. Stephen Hist. Eng. Thought 18th Cent. I. v. 293 The God whom Butler worships is, in fact, the human conscience deified.
1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths of China & Japan vi. 73 Both Nagas..and Garudas..were included in northern India among the gods and demons who worshipped Buddha.
2008 Guardian 7 Mar. (Film & Music section) 14/1 Less than 10% of Bissau Guineans call themselves Catholic; the rest worship either Allah or the spirits of the islands and forests.
b. transitive. To perform, or take part in, an act of worship directed towards (a god, etc.); to venerate with appropriate acts, rites, or ceremonies. Also with with.
Π
a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 39 (MED) Poure ba & riche comen þer..euch an wið his lac forto wurðchipen ham wið.
a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 42 (MED) Comen alle to his bode & euch an bi his euene bifore maxence self wurðchipede his maumez.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 212 (MED) Miȝt þou bidde to god ac specialliche and more deuouteliche..ine festes þet bieþ iset god uor to bydde, herie, and worþssipie.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 4 Kings xvi. 12 He sawȝ þe autir & worschepede it.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xix. l. 263 Sitthen he sende me to sayn..þat ich sholde Worshupen hym with wyn and with bred boþe.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xiv. 315 I come from Ierusalem, where I have worshypd the holy grave.
1537 W. Turner tr. Urbanus Regius Compar. Olde Learnynge & Newe sig. e.ii We worship god nomore..with outwarde workes, as the iewes dyd, but in sprete and trueth.
1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 2v Yet do they worship and reuerence the Diuel with Sacrifice, incense, perfume and erection of Images, as if he were one of the Deitie in deede.
1650 S. Gunton Ορθολατρεία 12 Perhaps some Antisomatist may conceive from Job. 4.23...that worshipping God with the body was so abolished, as that, to worship him with the heart, soul, and spirit, succeeded in its stead.
1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum i. ii. 99 Pope Vitalian..first..taught Mankind the Art of Worshipping God with a Box of Whistles.
1705 W. Lewis tr. Ld. Herbert Antient Relig. Gentiles xvi. 370 The Subcelestial Deities.., being of an Ancipitous Nature, to be Worship'd with Sacrifices, and many other Rites, that they might do no mischief.
1712 T. Ellwood Davideis vi. v. 225 When he had..attain'd the top Of Olivet; he there did make a stop, And worshipped the Lord: with humble Heart.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 157 The virgin Mary, with the infant Jesus, and St. Mary Magdalene worshipping him.
1849 F. W. Faber Jesus & Mary 6 I..worship Thee with trembling hope And penitential tears.
1937 Z. N. Hurston Let. 6 Jan. in Life in Lett. (2002) 390 Boine, La Croix, Baron Cimiterre, Baron Sambdi, all names of the Lord of the Dead who is worshipped Nov. 2 with elaborate ceremony.
1958 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 71 419 After the reading the book is worshipped with a small havan, a small fire is kindled in a clay dish and ghī, dásang..camphor, flower, and betel are offered to the flames of the fire.
2006 A. B. Wells Great Tithing Scam x. 175 They know Jesus is their only hope of salvation, but deep inside, they don't trust Him 100 percent, even as they worship Him in church.
c. To revere as one would a being or power regarded as supernatural or divine; to regard with extreme respect, affection, or devotion; to adore. Often in to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) on, and variants.Not always clearly distinguishable from sense 2a.See also hero-worship v., heroine-worship v., etc.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)]
honourc1275
shamec1384
to hold (also have) (a person or thing) in (great, etc.) reverencec1405
worshipc1450
to have, or hold in veneration?a1475
to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525
reverence1548
revere1558
reverent1565
shrine1592
saint1597
venerate1623
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] > greatly or immoderately
worshipc1450
to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525
deify1590
idolize1605
idolatrize1615
reverence1748
pedestal1802
to put (also place, etc.) on a pedestal1811
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > be in love or infatuated with [verb (transitive)] > devote oneself in love to > regard with extreme devotion
worshipc1450
to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525
c1450 (a1400) [implied in: Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 385 (MED) Also ȝee [read þe] devoute worschepers & disciples of euer-lastynge wisdame mowen..euery daye saye or rede þe schorte seruyse of þat wisdam þat is writen in latyne to clerkes. (at worshipper n. 2)].
c1475 [implied in: tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 45 (MED) She..is the preysar and worchyppar of connyng and vndirstonding [at worshipper n. 2].].
c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. A.v Myne vnworthines makyth resystence Yet worship I the ground that thou gost on.
1609 S. Grahame Anat. Humors f. 29v Her smile is his heaven, & her frown is his hell, she is the only idoll of his minde, for when he should serue God, he worships her.
1638 W. Melvin tr. C. Garcia Sonne of Rogue x. 194 The woman offendeth not in hating him that worships her, nor any man ought to hate such a woman that disdaineth him.
1720 D. Manley Power of Love i. 126 Why may I not know and worship my Benefactor?
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. ii. 106 Men are strangely inclined to worship what they do not understand. View more context for this quotation
1796 C. Smith Marchmont I. xii. 300 Her father, her mother, and her three brothers, almost worshipped the ground she trod upon!
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. ii. 63 Under the shadow of the genius that he had worshipped almost from boyhood.
1851 C. Kingsley Yeast x She had worshipped intellect, and now it had become her tyrant.
1854 C. Dickens Hard Times iii. iii. 287 There are ladies—born ladies..who next to worship the ground I walk on.
1906 Lit. World 15 Nov. 508/2 His wife simply worshipped him.
1945 in K. Tynan Let. 2 June (1994) i. 75 Ken, for the last six months I've been worshipping the ground you walked on.
1966 F. Nwapa Efuru viii. 171 Of what use is it if your husband licks your body, worships you and buys everything in the market for you and you are not productive?
2000 S. Vickers Miss Garnet's Angel 260 Her dad worshipped the ground she trod on, but there was never any funny stuff.
2006 A. Kuczynski Beauty Junkies ii. 25 The editors and fashionistas and gay men who had worshipped her were now calling her by her newer, matronly sobriquet, ‘Madge’.
2.
a. To regard or habitually treat with honour or respect; to honour. Cf. to do worship to (also †till, †for) at worship n. Phrases 2. Obsolete.Not always clearly distinguishable from, and passing into, sense 1c.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] > show respect for
wortheOE
to do worship to (also till, for)OE
honourc1275
worshipc1300
to make feasta1325
to do (a person or thing) honourc1330
observec1390
reverencec1400
weigh1423
honourable1455
worthya1500
honorify1606
to rise up to (also unto)1621
c1300 St. Nicholas (Laud) l. 173 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 245 Nimeth here þis guode oygnement..And ȝwane ȝe into is churche comiet, smeorieth in eche walle, For-to wurthschipien þane guode man þat is of so gret pouste.
c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vii. l. 94 I wol Worschupe þer-Wiþ Treuþe in my lyue.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6474 Fader and moder þou wirschip ai.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 39 Þai war fayr yong men..and þai war wurshuppid & had in grete dayntie with evur eman.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxv. 538 Worship your better, & love your neyghbour.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 784/2 I worshyp a man, Je honnore... I have ever worshypped hym for his great vertues.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iii. sig. Hh.iiii A woman knowinge her self somuch beeloued & worshipped many yeeres together..at length is brought to loue him.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 46 I..wil honour those alwaies yt be honest, & worship them..whom I shall know to be worthy in their liuinge.
1608 H. Ainsworth Counterpoyson 189 They wedd their parishioners with a ring, and teach the man to worship his wife, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost.
1682 Nat. Hist. Coffee, Thee, Chocolate, Tobacco 30 We cannot but Repartee upon these Alamode Persons, that while they Worship so much only Foreign Creatures, they cannot but be wholly ignorant of those at home.
1797 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 62/2 Where Talents and Sorrow are ever allied; Where Dulness is worship'd, and Wisdom despis'd.
1802 Edinb. Mag. Apr. 293/1 Neither her religion nor her allegiance could allow Selima to dispute a moment the orders of ‘the Commander of the Faithful’, who was worshipped, with implicit reverence, by all his people, as the lineal successor of the sacred Prophet.
b. To honour or show respect to (a person or thing) with an act, gift, etc. Now archaic.Passing into sense 1b. Now only in or after with my body I thee worship, from the marriage service of the Book of Common Prayer (cf. quot. 1549).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)] > with a gift
greeta1225
worshipa1387
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 69 Þe kyng of Babilon worschepede [L. honoravit] þis Ezechias wiþ ȝiftes.
c1450 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (York Min. 16.M.4) (1879) 71 We sal pray specially for all þaes þat wirchips þis kirke owther with buke or bell uestment or chales.
1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation xlii I suppose..that oure lord dyd worschype hys seruaunte with seche benefettys te geue other example.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Matrimonie f. xiiii* With thys ring I thee wed:..with my body I thee wurship: and withal my worldly Goodes I thee endowe.
1653 in J. Farnworth Generall-good 23 They [sc. the priests] love the greetings in markets,..and to be called of men Masters,..and suffer men to worship them with cap and knee.
1733 in J. Goole Contract Violated App. 10 The said Mr. Goole took a Ring out of his Pocket, with which he designed to marry her, and put it on the fourth Finger of her Left Hand, and holding it there, said, With this Ring I thee wed, with my Body I thee worship, with all my worldly Goods I thee endow.
1883 J. G. R. Forlong Rivers of Life I. v. 448 Some insisted that it [sc. the May-pole] should..be worshipped with garlands and dancings round it by the youths of both sexes, every day throughout May.
1912 G. K. Chesterton Manalive i. v. 166 Innocent Smith..wants to express himself, not with his tongue, but with his arms and legs—with my body I thee worship, as it says in the marriage service.
2012 M. G. Hustedde Make Room for God x. 136 (heading) With my life, I thee worship.
c. transitive. To greet or acknowledge with signs of honour or respect; to bow or kneel down to. Now Sri Lankan English.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] > show respect for > do obeisance to
honourc1275
worshipc1390
obeya1393
c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. xi. l. 168 I grette þe goode mon as þe gode wyf me tauȝte, And afterward his wyf, I worschupet hem boþe.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 62 And þis Putiphar & his wife come & mett hym, and wurschippid hym.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxlvi. 175 When he had thus sayde, euery man worshypped hym, and dyuers kneled downe at his fete.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings ii. 19 The kynge stode vp, and wente to mete her, and worshipped her.
a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1594) 228 If they doe so admire me in silkes, how would they cap me..and worship mee, if I were in veluets?
1608 M. Fotherby Fovre Serm. 29 They worship him, not kneeling, but prostrate.
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews vii. ix, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 213 When he had worshipped Absalom, he withal wished that his Kingdom might last a long time.
1995 J. Arasanayagam All is Burning 227 Why don't my grandchildren fall at my feet and worship me as they should?
2014 M. Wijesinghe Sinhala Only 330 They disembarked... Her son worshipped her. So did his friends.
3. transitive. To value (a quality, state, etc.) highly; to prize. Obsolete.Later evidence may show use of senses 1c or 2.
Π
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 81 (MED) Vayrhede is þing mochel yloued uor þet is þing moche yworþssiped.
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) v. pr. vi. l. 5211 Wiþstond þan and eschewe þou vices, worschippe and loue þou vertus.
a1500 Eng. Glosses MS BL Add. 37075 (1984) 40 (MED) Appricio, to worscyppe.
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. vi. 89 In vain doe they worship peace at home, who cannot defend themselves against forrainers.
4. transitive. To honour through observance; spec. to mark or celebrate (a holy day, festival, ritual, etc.); (also) to obey or uphold (a law or custom). Obsolete.
Π
c1350 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Emmanuel) (1948) l. 103 (MED) When þe haliday is come, wise schalt þou be Þe haliday to wurchip.
c1475 (?c1400) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 439 Þe fend..haþ drawe many to his lordship, and specialliche bi heretikis..; and þis shal never ceess bifor Cristis lawe be worshipid.
?1520 R. Pynson tr. Frère Hayton Lytell Cronycle sig. D.iii/2 This Mahomet..dyde breke downe all the christenmens churches, and commaunded yt they shulde nat worshippe the lawe of Chryst.
1556 J. Standish Triall Supremacy sig. G.iiiv The churches do iustly worship the birth daye of that see, which Peter receiued for ye saluation of the churches.
1643 B. Agar King James, His Apopthegmes 4 We will not suffer the Papists to worship the masse, because against our Lawes.
1667 A. Bailey Spightful Sister v. ii. 63 Let this bright day be worship'd: A universal benefit lives with you.
5. intransitive. To engage in worship; to perform, or take part in, an act of worship.With quot. a1425 cf. sense 2c.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > [verb (intransitive)]
shrivea1300
adorec1350
knowledgea1382
worshipc1384
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Ezek. xlvi. 3 The peple of the lond shal worship [L. adorabit] at the dore of that ȝate, in sabothis, and kalendis, byfore the Lord.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xix. 1 Whanne he hadde seyn hem, he roos, and ȝede aȝens hem, and worschipide lowe to erthe.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 193 (MED) Criste Ihesus and his modir Seint Mari and his dessiplis by thare bodies presence..wirsshuppeden at the feste of wedlok.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. xi. 21 By fayth Iacob when he was a deyinge, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, and worshipped on the toppe of his Ceptre.
1589 J. Bate Portraiture of Hypocrisie 17 It was well when we heard masse, when we went on pilgrimage, when wee worshipped before images, when we gaue to monks and priests.
1614 P. Forbes Def. Lawful Calling 20 And, worshipping before the throne, beastes and elders, had a powerfull & plentifull dispensation of grace.
1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 15 Churches are set apart for the conveniency of men to Worship in.
1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Matt. iv. 9 If to Worship before the Devil, be to Worship the Devil, then to Worship before an Image, is to Worship the Image.
1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. xix. 242 When an Indian is about to worship at the Morai,..he always uncovers his body to the waste.
1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Sept. 226/1 I..knew every nook and corner, wondered and worshipped everywhere.
1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 462 It distresses me sadly to see the effect of not worshipping where good men of all ages have been used to worship.
1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob ii Ever since the first day..he had persistently and abjectly worshipped at the shrine of Mrs. Lovelace.
1908 R. Bagot Anthony Cuthbert vi. 52 The parish church in which the Cuthbert family had worshipped.
1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day iii. 50 The parade included both the Christ Church parishioners and the Jewish families, who had worshipped the previous day at the synagogue.
2010 Guardian 6 Sept. (G2 section) 3/2 Old Catholics..now worship in a loose communion of separate ‘jurisdictions’.
6. transitive. To invest with or raise to honour or repute; to confer honour or dignity on. Also: to add to the qualities of, to enhance. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)]
wortheOE
i-worthOE
menskc1225
athelec1275
aworthyc1275
honoura1325
furtherc1374
honesta1382
worship1389
gloryc1400
dignifya1530
worthy1532
endue1565
enhonour1571
to do (a person or thing) the honour?1572
deign1579
honorify1606
famous1622
blazon1815
to do a person proud1819
1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 54 (MED) Þey schul come to-gyder & enquere by examinement..wher he be worthi of good name & able or non, & ȝif it is founde þat he be of good name & able þat þe companye may be worscheped by hym, he schal be resceyued.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 8064 At London is his heued his quarters ere leued in Scotland spred; to wirschip þer iles.
c1450 Contin. Lydgate's Secrees (Sloane 2464) l. 2326 (MED) Lyke as a Robe fayr of greet Rychesse, Worshippeth the body of a mighty kyng, So fair language..Worshippeth a lettir with good endityng.
c1530 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols, & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 111 She had a-went, she had worshipped all her kyn.
a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1594) 337 He gapes for a phrase that..he may haue one figure more to grace and worship his tale.
1601 A. Munday Downfall Earle of Huntington sig. B3 You haue dishonoured mee, I worshipt you. You..Unto a Iustice place I did preferre, Where you vniustly haue my tenants rackt.
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