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单词 worshipful
释义 wor·ship·ful
\-pfəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English worschipful, from worschip worship + -ful
1.
 a. archaic : marked by a good quality or property : notable, distinguished
 b. usually capitalized, chiefly Britain — used as a formal title for various persons or groups of rank or distinction
  < the Worshipful Company of Carpenters — E.E.Reynolds >
  < Worshipful Grand Masters and Wardens — C.W.Ferguson >
  — compare right worshipful
2. : rendering adoration or reverence : venerating, worshiping
 < litanies may express all kinds of worshipful attitudes — M.H.Shepherd >
 < the feeling … was more than warm; it was worshipful — M.M.Hunt >
 < a vast audience … attentive, but not worshipful — Corra Harris >
3. : warranting worship or capable of being worshiped
 < the giant worshipful effigies … commanding the conquered palace squares — Alfred Frankfurter >
 < any disrespect shown to the worshipful animal … had to be atoned for — J.G.Frazer >
wor·ship·ful·ly \-fəlē, -li\ adverb
wor·ship·ful·ness noun -es
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