verbWord forms: -ships, -shipping, -shippedWord forms: US-ships, -shiping or -shiped
1. (transitive)
to show profound religious devotion and respect to; adore or venerate (God or any person or thing considered divine)
2. (transitive)
to be devoted to and full of admiration for
3. (intransitive)
to have or express feelings of profound adoration
4. (intransitive)
to attend services for worship
5. (transitive) obsolete
to honour
noun
6.
religious adoration or devotion
7.
the formal expression of religious adoration; rites, prayers, etc
8.
admiring love or devotion
9. archaic
dignity or standing
Derived forms
worshipable (ˈworshipable)
adjective
worshipper (ˈworshipper) or US worshiper (ˈworshiper)
noun
Word origin
Old English weorthscipe, from worth1 + -ship
Examples of 'worshiper' in a sentence
worshiper
We discuss the implications of being a celebrity worshiper on one’s relationship with an intimate partner.
Lynn E. McCutcheon, Meghan M. Gillen, Blaine L. Browne, Michael P. Murtagh, BrianCollisson 2016, 'Intimate Relationships and Attitudes Toward Celebrities', Interpersona : An International Journal on Personal Relationshipshttp://ijpr.psychopen.eu/article/view/208. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)