worship

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Reverence

Nouns

1. worship, adoration, devotion, homage, service; religious rites or observance; respect, reverence, veneration; cult; deification, idolization.

See idolatry, gratitude, religion, rite.

2. (service ritual)

a. liturgy; prayer, orison, invocation, supplication, devotion^], rogation, intercession, beseeching, entreaty, petition (see request); thanksgiving, grace; praise, laudation, exaltation, glorification, blessing, benediction, benison; Magnificat, doxology, hosanna, hallelujah, alleluia, Te Deum, Trisagion; paean, psalm, psalmody, hymn, anthem, plainsong, chant (see music).

b. (Christian:) collect, litany, miserere, Lord's prayer, paternoster, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, rosary, prayer wheel, missal.

c. (Jewish:) Shoma, Kol Nidre, Kaddish.

d. (Moslem:) Aliahu akbar, Fatihah, shahada, rak'ah.

e. (Hindu:) Ram, Siva.

3. (service) divine service, office, duty; Mass, Eucharist, Communion, Lord's Supper; morning prayer, matins, evening prayer, evensong, vespers, vigils, compline, prime [song], tierce, lauds, sext, nones; prayer meeting, revival. See rite.

4. worshiper, adorer, venerator, reverer, glorifier; religionist, churchman, churchgoer, devout person, congregation; communicant, celebrant, votary, pietist; idolizer, devotee, deifier, deist; idolator, idolatress, fetishist, pagan. Informal, psalm singer. See clergy, religion, piety.

Verbs

1. worship, adore, reverence, revere, inspire, aspire, lift up one's heart; pay homage, humble oneself, kneel, genuflect, bend or bow one's knee, fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself, bow down and worship; be devout.

2. respect, adulate, idolize, lionize; deify, enshrine, immortalize.

3. pray, invoke, supplicate; offer up prayers, tell one's beads; return or give thanks, say grace, bless; praise, laud, glorify, magnify, exalt, extol, sing praises; give benediction, lead the choir, intone; go to church, attend service, attend Mass, communicate; daven.

Adjectives — worshipful, adoring, prayerful, devout, devotional, pious, reverent, religious, spiritually minded, paying homage; pure, solemn, fervent, fervid, heartfelt; reverential, venerating, obeisant.

Interjections — hallelujah! alleluia! hosanna! praise the Lord! Deo gratias! glory be to God! pray God that! lift up your hearts! sursum corda!

Phrases — the family that prays together stays together.

Quotations — Ask, and it shall be given you (Bible), One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer (Doris Lessing), More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of (Lord Tennyson), Often when I pray I wonder if I am not posting letters to a non-existent address (C. S. Lewis).

Antonyms, see irreligion, disrespect, imprecation.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Adoration]

Syn. prayer, devotion, homage, adulation, benediction, invocation, supplication, beatification, veneration, offering, reverence, honor, Mariolatry, hagiolatry, religious ritual.

2. [A religious service]

Syn. Mass, vespers, devotions; see church 2 .

v.

1. [To adore]

Syn. adore, idolize, exalt, adulate; see admire 1 , love 1 , revere .

2. [To perform acts of worship]

Syn. sanctify, pray to, invoke, venerate, glorify, praise, exalt, offer prayers to, pay homage to, return thanks, give thanks, sing praises to, reverence, celebrate, adore, revere, laud, extol, magnify, chant, bow down before, kneel before, prostrate oneself before, canonize; see also pray 2 .

See Synonym Study at revere .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

homage, reverence, devotion, veneration, honoring, idolization, adoration, love, admiration, glorification, genuflection, exaltation, church service, rite. Climbing the altar stairs to God.''— Dwight Bradley. see god, religion

II

v.

pay homage, revere, show devotion, venerate, honor, idolize, adore, love, admire, glorify, look up to, put on a pedestal, exalt, adulate.

ANT.: disdain, despise, disparage

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. The act of adoring, especially reverently: adoration, idolization, reverence, veneration. See LIKE, LOVE, SACRED. 2. Deep and ardent affection: adoration, devotion, love. See LIKE, LOVE. II verb 1. To regard with great awe and devotion: adore, idolize, revere, reverence, venerate. See SACRED. 2. To feel deep devoted love for: adore, love. See LOVE.