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单词 worshipable
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worshipableadj.n.

Brit. /ˈwəːʃᵻpəbl/, U.S. /ˈwərʃəpəbəl/
Forms: see worship v. and -able suffix; also late Middle English 1600s 1800s– worshipable, 1600s 1800s– worshippable.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: worship v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < worship v. + -able suffix.With use as noun with reference to Hinduism compare e.g. Sanskrit arcā worship, image (of a god, to be worshipped) and arhat Arhat n.
A. adj.
1. Entitled to honour or respect; honourable, worshipful. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective]
faireOE
wortheOE
worthlyeOE
worthfulOE
menskful?c1225
toldc1275
digne1297
of price?a1300
worshiply1340
worthya1350
menska1375
thriftyc1374
worshipfula1375
worthilya1375
honesta1382
honourablec1384
unshamedc1384
sada1387
of reputationc1390
well-nameda1393
reverent1398
worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400
celebrable?c1400
honouredc1400
worshipablec1425
substantialc1449
undefameda1450
unreviled?1457
honorousa1500
reputed?1532
well-thought-ona1533
well-spoken1539
credible1543
undespised?1548
imitable1550
famous1555
undistained1565
undefame1578
untarred1579
well-reputed1583
unsoiledc1592
dishonourless1595
well-deemed1595
nameworthy1598
regardful1600
indisgraced1606
credenta1616
undishonoureda1616
unscandalized1618
unscandalous1618
unslandered1622
untainted1627
dignousa1636
undisparaged1636
considerable1641
unbranded1641
glorifiable1651
reputable1671
unsullied1743
unstigmatized1778
undisgraced1812
unstained1863
well-thought-of1865
uncompromised1882
scandal-proof1904
cred1987
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 6525 (MED) We ben of force, of power, & of myȝt, Of worþines in euery wiȝttes syȝt, Most renomed & most worschipable.
c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) l. 3511 (MED) Thy disposicion Ordeyned had the table By lyklyhede of high degre And of estate ful worshipable.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 7724 A Gorger off Sobyrnesse, The wych Armure ys profytable To alle folkys worshepable.
2. Able or fit to be worshipped.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > [adjective] > worthy of
blessedc1230
worshipfulc1350
venerable?1504
adorable1601
worshipable1622
1622 tr. F. Junius in W. Ames Reply Dr. Mortons Gen. Def. iii. 40 He that forbiddeth Images to be worshipped, doth forbid the having of Images worshipable [L. adorabiles], especially in Churches.
1650 F. Cheynell Divine Trinunity ix. 336 Christ was Adorable, Worshipable, that is worthy of Divine Worship before there was any man or Angel to adore.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 24 Nature is still divine,..the Hero is still worshipable.
1857 P. Freeman Princ. Div. Service II. 173 A worshippable Presence of Christ, resulting from their consecration.
1883 American 6 7 Woman's being is to him fairly worshipable.
1933 Carbondale (Illinois) Free Press 10 Feb. 7/5 A woman may worship a man if he is worshipable; but so many of them aren't.
1988 Jrnl. South Asian Lit. 23 90 ‘Arca’ became the specific Shrivaishnava technical term for the worshippable ‘image-form’ of God.
1995 New Yorker 30 Jan. 84/1 Cultivating some kind of personally comfortable and worshipable Higher Power.
B. n.
With the. With singular or plural agreement. Someone or something which is able or fit to be worshipped. Now chiefly in Hinduism.
ΚΠ
1698 W. Cross Specimen Comment Old Test. 10 in Taghmical Art In the New Testament.., the worshippable, the Adori is used by Paul in the Epistle to the Thessalonians.
1908 Jrnl. Bombay Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 22 242 God has Five Hypostases, what are known as the Para, or the Transcendental..and the Archā, or the Worshipable.
1966 N. B. Sen Glorious Thoughts Swami Dayananda 85 God is the pervader, the soul the pervaded, God the worshipable, the soul the worshipper.
1975 A. C. Bhaktivedanta tr. Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: Fifth Canto i. iii. §10. 121 Arhat-tama—O most worshipable of the worshipable.
2000 S. K. Chattopadhyaya Philos. Sankar's Advaita Vedanta xi. 307 Reality is..presented as the knowable..and not as the worshipable.
2009 A. Smuts in N. Carroll & L. H. Hunt Twilight Zone & Philos. 155 (heading) ‘The Little People’: power and the worshipable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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