KJV Dictionary Definition: worship

worship

WORSHIP, n. See Worth.

1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.

--Elfin born of noble state, and muckle worship in his native land.

In this sense, the word is nearly or quite obsolete; but hence,

2. A title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and other of respectable character.

My father desires your worships company.

3. A term of ironical respect.

4. Chiefly and eminently, the act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; or the reverence and homage paid to him in religious exercises, consisting in adoration, confession, prayer, thanksgiving and the like.

The worship of God is an eminent part of religion.

Prayer is a chief part of religious worship.

5. The homage paid to idols or false gods by pagans; as the worship or Isis.

6. Honor; respect; civil deference.

Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. Luke 14.

7. Idolatry of lovers; obsequious or submissive respect.

WORSHIP, v.t.

1. To adore; to pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration.

Thou shalt worship no other God. Exodus 34.

2. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.

Nor worshipd with a waxen epitaph.

3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission; as a lover.

With bended knees I daily worship her.

WORSHIP, v.i.

1. To perform acts of adoration.

2. To perform religious service.

Our fathers worshiped in this mountain. John 4.

worshiped

WORSHIPED, pp. Adored; treated with divine honors; treated with civil respect.

worshiper

WORSHIPER, n. One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being; one who adores.

worshipful

WORSHIPFUL, a.

1. Claiming respect; worthy of honor from its character or dignity.

This is worshipful society.

2. A term of respect, sometimes ironically.

worshiping

WORSHIPING, ppr. Adoring; paying divine honors to; treating with supreme reverence; treating with extreme submission.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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