worshipfulnessn.

c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 501 Vppon a day for worschupefulnesse Þe Pope wolde synge a Messe.

1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation xxxvii Y saw al seche w^t a special certen worschipfulnes put to ful softe & esy peynys.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxxix. 16 Honestnes is vertousnes, and woorshipfulnes Due where honestnes, or vertusnes, bearth rout.

1663 D. F. Reason & Judgem. 4 His parents observed that he was capable of advancing the Worshipfulness of his Birth by the excellency of his Parts, his pregnant Wit,..and his hopeful Seriousness.

1788 N. Maksimovich-Ambodik Emblemata et Symbola Selecta 17 They defend the Worshipfulness.

1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 137 We may not confront the polished and blazoned worshipfulness of the Ten Hundred, with our blank smocks and uncurried roughness.

1887 ‘F. Warden’ Scheherazade III. 168 Distant awe and reverent worshipfulness.

1907 Bessemer (Mich.) Herald 3 Aug. The tabernacle then taught worshipfulness and respect for God.

1959 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 19 51 Rabindranath then finds more delight, more worshipfulness, more pure beauty in the world.

2006 Relig. Stud. 42 311 If worshipfulness does not follow from the essence of God then we need some additional reason to think that God has the property of being worshipful.

1584 T. Stocker tr. P. Viret Cauteles, Canon & Ceremonies Popish Masse 204 When he speaketh of the ascension, then his worshipfulnesse must lifte them [sc. his hands and arms] vp aboue his shoulders. [No corresponding word in the French original.]

1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy v. 71 I owe all Sir-Reuerence to your Right Worshipfulnesse.

1864 W. Palmer Hist. & Myst. Baptismal Regeneration vi. 73 Holy and worshipful sir, may our Lord Jesus long preserve your worshipfulness safe.

1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. i. xxxvii. 187 Your worship will find it out when his worshipfulness the innkeeper comes to ask for payment of the loss.

1929 E. H. Williams Tailor of Gloucester 16 And your good lady, Her Worshipfulness the Mayoress—if I might be so bold.

1934 ‘I. Dinesen’ Seven Gothic Tales 238 ‘Ah, Your Right Worshipfulness,’ said Miss Fanny, ‘in walking up the aisle you would convert the entire congregation with your back.’

1964 Realist Apr. 8/1 Good evening, your worshipfulness... Ah, Miss Barr.

1985 K. Boettcher-Tate Ain't no Such Thing as Bogle i. 6 Our Royalty, Our Worshipfulnesses, Our Heads of State..King Harold and Queen Harriot Sauerlips. All bow!

2002 W. R. Trotter Sands of Pride ii. xxv. 538 Will that, finally, please Your Worshipfulness?