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

  • (..) And the zealots pursued her still... ...even in death, trying to destroy proof of her existence. But she always had her Knights. Brave men sworn to defend her. You see, to worship before her sarcophagus... ...to kneel before the bones of Mary Magdalene... ...was to remember all those (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code
  • (..) in different settings. This symbol, professor. This setting. The pentacle is a pagan religious icon. Devil worship. No. No, no, no. The pentacle before that. This is a symbol for Venus. It represents the female half of all things. (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code