单词 | worshipping |
释义 | worshippingworshipingn. 1. The action of honouring or revering a being or power as supernatural, or a thing as holy; the feeling of such honour or reverence; religious veneration. Also with of or modifying word, indicating the being, power, or thing worshipped.devil-worshipping, image-worshipping, well-worshipping, etc.: see the first element. 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 a1333 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 17 Hoe kepten þe wyth worsȝyping aȝeynst þou shuldest deyȝe, And woe syngeth to þy worshipe in trone þat sittest heyȝe. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 9372 But yn alle here moste gladyng, To fals goddys þey made wurschypyng. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 250 (MED) Þe difference bitwixe preising and worschiping or veneracioun is þis, þat preising is an honouring maad bi speche oonly and worschiping or veneracioun is an honouring maad bi oþere signes of witnessing and of declaring divers fro speche. a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 174 Angels alle in his presence Ar vndyr thyn obedyence, And do the worshippynge! 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Kvv The abhominable syn of Idolatry, that is the worshippyng of false goddes. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxvi. 158 b [They left] the woorshipping and calling on their false gods. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii. A worshipping of Idols, Idolatrie. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 37 Their worshipping of saints [is]..no better then real underminings of the sacred foundation. 1732 P. Smith Preservative against Quakerism ii. 26 The same gross Idolatry, with that of the Heathens worshipping of Demons or Devils as the true God. 1792 tr. F. J. de Chastellux Agric. & Population I. App. 12 Many passages in the fifth book expressly forbid the worshipping of angels. 1838 Connexion of East-India Company's Govt. with Customs & Rites Natives 54 If the liberty of worshipping in the temple is to be made a source of gain to the Government, at least let the Government deal directly..with the worshippers. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. xv. 109 For..virtue, and God's better worshipping. 1901 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 409/1 His admiration of Johnson is based on his worshipping according to the old formulas in St. Clement Danes every Sunday in the age of Voltaire. 1998 Moscow Times (Nexis) 31 July A rudiment of paganism and primitive idol-worshiping. 2010 Tribune Star (Terre Haute, Indiana) 10 June a7/3 To build friendship and better understand one another's traditions and issues of mutual concern such as points of theology and ways of worshipping. 2. The action of regarding a person or thing with feelings akin to religious worship; the feeling of such regard; profound respect; devotion. Also with of or modifying word, indicating the person or thing worshipped.hero-worshipping, sun worshipping, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [noun] > action or fact of revering servingc1275 worshippinga1425 venerationa1530 worship1838 a1425 (?a1350) Gospel of Nicodemus (Galba) (1907) l. 993 Haue pese with wirschiping, iosep of Aramathy. c1475 (?c1400) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 440 Too myche worshypyng of Antecristis lawe. c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) cxxxix He that to hir worschipping Myght ought availe. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 77 For the dignities sake of religion, which cannot be liable to all base affronts, meerely for the worshiping of a civil mariage. 1723 J. Clarke in tr. C. Nepos Vitæ Excellentium Imperatorum ix. iii. 92 This Worshipping was falling flat on the Face upon the Ground before the King. 1811 Monthly Rev. App. 521 If..he had brought down his dignity to the worshipping of the ‘powers that be’ in his unhappy country. 1860 A. Trollope in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 150 There is nothing viler than the desire to know great people..; nothing worse than the hunting of titles and worshipping of wealth. 1874 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 228/1 I do hate money-making, and money-talking, and money-worshiping. 1947 Wisconsin Mag. Hist. 31 72 The leveling influence, the eroding effect, and the worshipping of achievement all contributed to making the ‘Horatio Alger hero’ a national model. 1995 This Mag. July 42/1 The meanness, the ghettoization..the manipulation of statistics and the worshipping of victimhood. 2011 Stud. Philol. 108 223 The humorous descriptions of the men's worshipping of both Hero and Leander as Petrarchan mistresses. 3. As a count noun. An instance of worshipping someone or something (in religious or secular sense); a form or variety of worship. Also with of, indicating the being, power, person, or thing worshipped. 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 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 297 (MED) Þer is in Reynold an actijf worschipyng wiþ which he worschipiþ Robert. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 197 They..were wretchedly ledde to the worshypynges of Idols. 1549 J. Olde tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Eph. Prol. iij To walke..as it were before the porche of the temple,..to expell and kepe out all false worshyppinges. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xiii. 24 Next after the praise and honoring of their gods, should commence the worshippings and praise of good men. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. vi. 406 To acknowledge one God, whome varietie of Sects and worshippings should best content. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 193 That the thoughts..should enkindle in us..hearty worshippings, of a boundless goodness. 1741 tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galatians i. 31 Much less is Sin taken away by the Works and Inventions of Men, as wicked Worshippings, strange Religions, Vows and Pilgrimages. ?1776 Lives Primitive Martyrs 34/2 The Christians..despised their false gods, spake against their idolatrous worshippings. 1809 A. N. Matthews tr. Mishcàt-ul-Maśábìh I. xi. xvi. 659 On him is the curse of Goo, of his angels and all men; neither will his divine or Sunnat worshippings be accepted. 1887 W. Canton Lost Epic 61 There was a noise of viols in the earth..And violence, and cries of captives sold, And worshippings of stone and wood and gold. 1928 Bull. High Points in Work of High Schools N.Y. City Oct. 90/1 Too much laboratory work in physics principally is simply a worshipping of an ideal of a weak-minded instructor of many years ago. 1975 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 17 Apr. d4/4 The songs depict the medieval worshippings of the miracles of the Holy Mary as written by King Alfonso X. 2004 Dept. Educ. Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2005: Hearing before U.S. House Budget Comm. (108th Congr., 2nd Sess.) 27 We are leaving..millions of children behind by a worshiping of tax cuts at the expense of our children and our youth's education. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). worshippingworshipingadj. 1. As the second element in compounds: that worships what is denoted by the first element (in a religious or secular sense); characterized by veneration or adoration of the specified person or thing.Recorded earliest in image-worshipping adj.belly-worshipping, devil-worshipping, fetish-worshipping, precedent-worshipping, sun worshipping, woman-worshipping, etc.: see the first element. ΚΠ 1621 R. Crakanthorpe Def. Constantine i. vi. 118 Cast out of the Idolatrous and Image-worshipping Church heere vpon earth. 1761 W. Law Humble Addr. to Clergy 159 Idol-worshipping Nations. 1848 J. G. Phillimore Introd. Rom. Law Pref. p. vii This most money-worshipping of countries. 1859 Weekly Globe (Toronto) 16 Dec. in Jrnl. Negro Hist. 6 (1921) 177 The money-hunting, cotton-worshipping world. 1920 A. H. McNeile St. Paul i. 7 He knew something of the angel-worshipping asceticism affected by Jews in Colossae and the neighbourhood. 1991 Premiere Nov. 16/2 Not all talented actors are long-suffering, therapist-worshiping wimps. 2003 Australian (Nexis) 10 Oct. 18 All those gym-worshipping metrosexuals out there. 2. That worships a being, power, person, or thing (in religious or, less commonly, secular sense); engaged in worship. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [adjective] > engaged in worship worshipping1629 venerant1846 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. 1677 S. Lee Ecclesia Gemens ii. 76 Where Christ has his sets and knots of Lillies, has pure and holy worshiping Churches, there let's assemble. 1725 B. Bennet Christian Oratory ii. 143 A worshipping Posture of Soul, form'd to the Veneration of the eternal Wisdom, Goodness, Power and Holiness. 1735 B. Colman Brief Dissertation Three First Chapters Genesis 26 Justly have the Books of Moses been always read in the worshiping Assemblies, both of Jews and Christians, every Sabbath Day. 1770 H. Brooke Fool of Quality V. xvii. 221 Then will his cross be exalted, for an ensign to the circling, bending, and worshipping universe. 1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 210 In 1738, there were seven worshipping assemblies in this town [sc. Newport]. a1832 A. Clarke Christian Theol. (1835) xvii. 274 This term [sc. church]..we apply..to the building which contains the worshipping people. 1876 J. S. Blackie Lett. to Wife (1909) 240 Either I must speak the truth and offend the worshipping widow, or print lies and prostitute my own intellect. 1910 Christian Reg. (Boston) 29 Sept. 1024/1 Into such a worshipping assembly there comes some poor wanderer from the street. 1921 E. Marshall in B. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1921 (1922) 18 He was shocked to the very depths of his worshipping heart. 2011 Church Times 23 Dec. 10/1 Children not raised and formed within a worshipping community do not become some form of neutral, secular subject. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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