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worship

name · noun · verb · 22 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • wûr′shĭp
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/
  • General-American: /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/
  • /ˈwɔɹ.ʃɪp/ rare, spelling pronunciation
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ʃɪp
  • homophone: warship (General American, rare)
  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 SH AH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: W ER1 SH IH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: praise

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, uncountable, usually

Topics: Catholicism, Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: metonymically, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adoration, reverence, idolatry

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Ardent love.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, broadly, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

An object of worship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Honour; respect; civil deference.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does this.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable, usually

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A form of address of a mayor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adore, praise, exalt, glorify, worship

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To participate in religious ceremonies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • We worship at the church down the road.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: canoodle, grope, caress, chuckle, coax, cosset, dally, dandle, dawt, faddle, feel up, fond, fondle, grabble, nantle, pet, pettle, shift, smuggle, tiddle, touch up, worship

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

the activity of worshipping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: deification, exaltation, apotheosis, ancestor worship, prayer, supplication, idolization, idolisation, adoration, latria, idolatry, idol worship, devotion, veneration, cultism, idiolatry, autolatry, self-worship, arborolatry, tree-worship, astrolatry, worship of heavenly bodies, cosmolatry, diabolatry, demonolatry, devil-worship, pyrolatry, fire-worship, hagiolatry, hierolatry, heliolatry, sun-worship, zoolatry, animal-worship, monolatry, moon-worship, selenolatry, salat, salaat, salah, salaah, praise

19

noun

Meaning 19

a feeling of profound love and admiration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adoration

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: love

20

verb

Meaning 20

love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Many teenagers idolized the Beatles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: idolize, idolise, hero-worship, revere

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adore

Narrower terms: drool over, slobber over

21

verb

Meaning 21

show devotion to (a deity)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Many Hindus worship Shiva

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reverence, fear, revere, venerate

22

verb

Meaning 22

attend religious services

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • They worship in the traditional manner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attend, go to

Narrower terms: offer, offer up

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.

Across languages

Translations

312 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: aanbidding — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Aklanon: samba — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Arabic: عِبَادَة (ʕibāda) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Armenian: պաշտամունք (paštamunkʻ) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Armenian: երկրպագություն (erkrpagutʻyun) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Old Armenian: պաշտօն (paštōn) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Azerbaijani: ibadət — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Belarusian: паклане́нне (paklanjénnje) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Bengali: পূজা (puja) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Bengali: এবাদত (ebadot) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Bengali: বন্দেগী (bondegi) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Bulgarian: преклоне́ние (preklonénie) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Bulgarian: обожание (obožanie) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Burmese: ရှိခိုး (hri.hkui:) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Burmese: ပူဇော် (pujau) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Burmese: ကန်တော့ (kantau.) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Catalan: adoració — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Catalan: culte — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Catalan: veneració — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 崇拜 (chóngbài) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 禮拜 /礼拜 (lǐbài) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Chinese Mandarin: 敬拜 (jìngbài) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Czech: uctívání — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Danish: dyrkelse — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Danish: tilbedelse — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Dutch: verering — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Dutch: aanbidding — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Esperanto: kulto — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Esperanto: adoro — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Esperanto: adorado — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Finnish: palvonta — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • French: culte — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • French: adoration — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • French: vénération — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Galician: adoración — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Georgian: თაყვანისცემა (taq̇vaniscema) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • German: Verehrung — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • German: Anbetung — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Greek: λατρεία (latreía) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Ancient Greek: λατρεία (latreía) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Gujarati: પૂજા (pūjā) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Gujarati: આરાધના (ārādhnā) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Gujarati: ઇબાદત (ibādat) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Hebrew: סגידה (sgidá) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Hindi: पूजा (pūjā) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Hindi: अर्चना (arcanā) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Hindi: उपासना (upāsnā) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Hindi: इबादत (ibādat) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Hungarian: imádat — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Hungarian: tisztelet — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Hungarian: imádás — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Hungarian: bálványozás — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Indonesian: sembah — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Italian: adorazione — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Italian: venerazione — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Italian: culto — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Japanese: 礼拝 (reihai) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Kazakh: табынушылық (tabynuşylyq) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Kazakh: құлшылық ету (qūlşylyq etu) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Kazakh: сиыну (siynu) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Khmer: ការគោរពបូជា (kaa koorup boo cie) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Khmer: សក្ការៈ (sɑɑkkaarĕəʼ) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Korean: 예배 (yebae) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Korean: 숭배 (sungbae) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Central Kurdish: پەرستن (peristin) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Northern Kurdish: peristin — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Latin: adōrātiō — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Latin: cultio — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Ligurian: venerazion — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Macedonian: поклону́вање (poklonúvanje) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Macedonian: поклоне́ние (poklonénie) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Macedonian: обожу́вање (obožúvanje) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Macedonian: боготво́рење (bogotvórenje) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Malay: sembah — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Old English: bīgang — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Polish: kult — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Portuguese: adoração — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Portuguese: cultuação — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Portuguese: culto — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Russian: поклоне́ние (poklonénije) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Russian: почита́ние (počitánije) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Russian: боготворе́ние (bogotvorénije) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Russian: благогове́ние (blagogovénije) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Sanskrit: अर्चा (arcā) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Scottish Gaelic: adhradh — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Slovak: uctievanie — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Spanish: adoración — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Spanish: veneración — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Spanish: culto — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Swahili: ibada — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Swedish: dyrkan — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Telugu: ఉపాసన (upāsana) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Thai: บูชา (buu-chaa) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Tibetan: སྐུ་རིམ (sku rim) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Tibetan: གུས་པའི་ཞབས་ཏོག (gus pa'i zhabs tog) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Tibetan: གུས་ཞབས (gus zhabs) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Tibetan: མཆོད་པར་བྱེད (mchod par byed) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Tibetan: བསྙེན་བཀུར (bsnyen bkur) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Tibetan: རིམ་གྲོ (rim gro) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Turkish: ibadet — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Turkish: tapınma — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Ottoman Turkish: عبادت (ʼibâdet) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Ukrainian: поклоні́ння (poklonínnja) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Urdu: عبادت (ibādat) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Urdu: پوجا (pūjā) — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Vietnamese: sùng bái — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Vietnamese: lễ bái — devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object
  • Azerbaijani: ibadət — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Bulgarian: култ (kult) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Catalan: culte — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Czech: bohoslužba — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Danish: gudstjeneste — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Esperanto: kulto — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Esperanto: adorado — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Finnish: jumalanpalvelus — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Finnish: palvontamenot — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • French: culte — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • German: Gottesdienst — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • German: Verehrung — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • German: Anbetung — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Greek: λατρεία (latreía) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Ancient Greek: λατρεία (latreía) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Hebrew: עבודת האל (avodát haél) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Hebrew: עבודה (avodá) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Hungarian: istentisztelet — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Hungarian: vallásgyakorlat — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Hungarian: vallásgyakorlás — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Italian: culto — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Latin: cultus — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Macedonian: бо́гослужба (bógoslužba) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Macedonian: богослуже́ние (bogoslužénie) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Nogai: ибаьдет (ibädet) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Old English: bīgang — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Polish: uwielbienie — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Polish: adoracja — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Portuguese: culto — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Russian: богослуже́ние (bogoslužénije) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Sanskrit: पूजा (pūjā) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Scottish Gaelic: adhradh — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Swahili: ibada — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Swedish: tillbedjan — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Turkish: ibadet — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Turkish: tapınma — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Ottoman Turkish: عبادت (ʼibâdet) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Ukrainian: богослужі́ння (bohoslužínnja) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Urdu: پوجا (pūjā) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Yiddish: עבודה (avoyde) — religious ceremonies that express this devotion
  • Bulgarian: обожа́ние (obožánie) — ardent love of a person
  • Catalan: adoració — ardent love of a person
  • Esperanto: adorado — ardent love of a person
  • Esperanto: adoro — ardent love of a person
  • Finnish: palvonta — ardent love of a person
  • French: culte — ardent love of a person
  • German: Verehrung — ardent love of a person
  • German: Anbetung — ardent love of a person
  • Greek: λατρεία (latreía) — ardent love of a person
  • Hebrew: הערצה (haaratsá) — ardent love of a person
  • Hungarian: imádás — ardent love of a person
  • Hungarian: imádat — ardent love of a person
  • Hungarian: rajongás — ardent love of a person
  • Hungarian: bálványozás — ardent love of a person
  • Italian: culto — ardent love of a person
  • Italian: venerazione — ardent love of a person
  • Italian: adorazione — ardent love of a person
  • Italian: ardore — ardent love of a person
  • Macedonian: обожу́вање (obožúvanje) — ardent love of a person
  • Macedonian: почиту́вање (počitúvanje) — ardent love of a person
  • Māori: whakamori — ardent love of a person
  • Portuguese: adoração — ardent love of a person
  • Russian: обожа́ние (obožánije) — ardent love of a person
  • Russian: почита́ние (počitánije) — ardent love of a person
  • Russian: боготворе́ние (bogotvorénije) — ardent love of a person
  • Spanish: idolatría — ardent love of a person
  • Swedish: dyrkan — ardent love of a person
  • Turkish: tapma — ardent love of a person
  • Afrikaans: aanbid — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Arabic: عَبَدَ (ʕabada) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Arabic: سَجَدَ (sajada) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Armenian: պաշտել (paštel) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Armenian: երկրպագել (erkrpagel) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Belarusian: пакланя́цца (paklanjácca) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Belarusian: багатвары́ць (bahatvarýcʹ) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Belarusian: абагаўля́ць (abahawljácʹ) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Belarusian: баго́міць (bahómicʹ) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Bengali: পূজা করা (puja kora) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Bulgarian: боготворя́ (bogotvorjá) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Bulgarian: покла́ням се (poklánjam se) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Bulgarian: поклоня́ се (poklonjá se) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Catalan: adorar — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Catalan: venerar — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Chickasaw: ayoppachi — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 崇拜 (chóngbài) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 禮拜 /礼拜 (lǐbài) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 敬拜 (jìngbài) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 崇奉 (chóngfèng) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Choctaw: afehnʋchi — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Maore Comorian: uãɓudu — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Czech: uctívat — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Danish: dyrke — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Dutch: vereren — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Dutch: aanbidden — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Esperanto: kulti — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Esperanto: adori — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Finnish: palvoa — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • French: vénérer — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • French: adorer — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • German: verehren — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • German: anbeten — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Central Franconian: aabeëne — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (inweitan) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Greek: λατρεύω (latrévo) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Ancient Greek: θρησκέυω (thrēskéuō) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Ancient Greek: σέβομαι (sébomai) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Haitian Creole: adore — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Hebrew: סגד (sagád) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Hindi: अर्चना (arcanā) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Hungarian: imád — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Hungarian: bálványoz — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Hungarian: rajong — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Irish: adhair — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Irish: adhair a thabhairt do — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Italian: adorare — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Italian: venerare — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Italian: deificare — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Jamaican Creole: worship — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Japanese: 崇拝する (sūhai suru) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Japanese: 礼拝する (reihai suru) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Khmer: ធ្វើសក្ការៈ (thvəə sɑɑkkaarĕəʼ) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Korean: 예배하다 (yebaehada) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Korean: 숭배하다 (sungbaehada) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Central Kurdish: پەرستن (peristin) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Northern Kurdish: peristin — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Latin: veneror — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Latin: venerō — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Latin: adōrō — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Latin: apprecor — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Latin: colō — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Ligurian: venerâ — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Macedonian: обожава (obožava) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Malay: sembah — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Māori: koropiko — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Old English: ġebiddan — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Old English: weorþian — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Pennsylvania German: aabede — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Pennsylvania German: diene — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Pennsylvania German: Gott diene — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Pennsylvania German: verehre — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Persian: پرستیدن — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Polish: czcić — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Portuguese: adorar — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Portuguese: venerar — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Portuguese: cultuar — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Romanian: închina — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Russian: поклоня́ться (poklonjátʹsja) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Russian: почита́ть (počitátʹ) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Russian: боготвори́ть (bogotvorítʹ) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Russian: благогове́ть (blagogovétʹ) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Russian: чтить (čtitʹ) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Russian: обожа́ть (obožátʹ) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Sanskrit: यजति (yajati) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Serbo-Croatian: славити — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Serbo-Croatian: обожавати — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Serbo-Croatian: slaviti — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Serbo-Croatian: obožavati — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Slovak: uctievať — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Spanish: rendir(le) / dar(le) culto (a) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Swedish: dyrka — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Swedish: tillbe — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Tamil: தொழு (toḻu) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Tamil: வழிபடு (vaḻipaṭu) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Tamil: கும்பிடு (kumpiṭu) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Tausug: sumba — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Telugu: ఉపాసించు (upāsiñcu) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Thai: บูชา (buu-chaa) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Tocharian B: winā-sk- — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Turkish: tapmak — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Turkish: tapınmak — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Ottoman Turkish: طاپمق (tapmak) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Ottoman Turkish: عبادت ایتمك (ʼibâdet etmek) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Ukrainian: поклоня́тися (poklonjátysja) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Ukrainian: божестви́ти (božestvýty) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Ukrainian: обо́жувати (obóžuvaty) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Ukrainian: обо́жнювати (obóžnjuvaty) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Ukrainian: боготвори́ти (bohotvorýty) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Uzbek: topinmoq — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Vietnamese: thờ — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Welsh: addoli — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרגעטערן (fargetern) — honor and adore, especially as a deity
  • Bulgarian: обожавам (obožavam) — adore
  • Danish: forgude — adore
  • German: anbeten — adore
  • German: verehren — adore
  • Central Franconian: aabeëne — adore
  • Pennsylvania German: aabede — adore
  • Pennsylvania German: verehre — adore
  • Spanish: rendir(le) culto (a) — adore
  • Arabic: سَجَدَ (sajada) — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Chickasaw: ayoppachi — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Ancient Greek: θρησκέυω (thrēskéuō) — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Hebrew: עבד לאל (avád laél) — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Hebrew: עבד ל־ (avád l-) — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Hungarian: imádkozik — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Hungarian: istentiszteleten vesz részt — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Italian: celebrare — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Pennsylvania German: aabede — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Pennsylvania German: diene — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Pennsylvania German: Gott diene — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Pennsylvania German: verehre — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèan adhradh — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Swahili: abudu — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Turkish: ibadet etmek — participate in religious ceremonies
  • Turkish: tapınmak — participate in religious ceremonies
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