worship: [OE] Worship began life as a compound noun meaning virtually ‘worthiness’. It was formed from the adjective worth and the noun suffix -ship ‘state, condition’, and at first was used for ‘distinction, credit, dignity’. This soon passed into ‘respect, reverence’, but it was not used in specifically religious contexts until the 13th century. The verb dates from the 12th century. => worth
worship (n.)
Old English worescip, wurescip (Anglian), weorescipe (West Saxon) "condition of being worthy, dignity, glory, distinction, honor, renown," from weore "worthy" (see worth) + -scipe (see -ship). Sense of "reverence paid to a supernatural or divine being" is first recorded c. 1300. The original sense is preserved in the title worshipful "honorable" (c. 1300).
worship (v.)
c. 1200, from worship (n.). Related: Worshipped; worshipping.
雙語例句
1. St Jude's church is a public place of worship.
圣猶大教堂是做禮拜的公共場所.
來自柯林斯例句
2. Most of the upper castes worship the Goddess Kali.
印度上層種姓多數崇拜女神時母。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They worship James Brown, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix.
他們崇拜詹姆斯·布朗、鮑勃·馬利和吉米·亨德里克斯。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Singer Brett Anderson inspires old-fashioned hero-worship.