LekhoriLekhoriThe devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.
The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
A form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries
To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
[…] well ſaid yfaith neighbour Verges, God's a good man, and two men ride of a horſe, one muſt ride behinde, an honeſt ſoule yfaith ſir, by my troth he is, as euer broke bread, but God is to bee worſhipt, all men are not alike, alas good neighbour.
A surname.
Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.
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To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
With bended knees I daily worship her, / Yet she consumes her own Idolater.
To participate in religious ceremonies.
We worship at the church down the road.