worship

Definition

  • noun: a person of importance
  • verb: to honor or respect (someone or something) as a god
  • verb: to honor or reverence as a divine being or supernatural power
  • used as a title when addressing or referring to certain officials (such as mayors and magistrates)
  • synonyms: dignity, worth, worthiness

Examples

  • The ceremony will be held at our 'place/house of worship'. [=at our church, synagogue, etc.]

  • My parents 'worship at the altar of' money. [=my parents value money too much]

  • He objects to the unthinking 'hero worship' of great athletes by their fans.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Go, go, go. Tell me, Don Altobello. Your old partners are grateful for the money you made them. They worship you... ...but their hearts are broken, because they think you abandoned them. They want to share your deal on immobiliare, to be a family again. It can purify their money. This I cannot do. (..)
    1990 The Godfather Part III