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obeisance
English
Alternative forms
- obeisaunce, obeissance, abaisance (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English obeisaunce (“obedience, obeisance”), from Old French obeïssance, derived from obeïssant (“obedient”), participle of obeïr (“to obey”), from Latin oboedire, obedire; ob- (“to, for”) + audire (“to hear”). Cognate with obedience.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o??be?s?ns/, /o??bi?s?ns/, /??be?s?ns/, /??bi?s?ns/
- Hyphenation: o?bei?sance
- Rhymes: -e?s?ns
Noun
obeisance (countable and uncountable, plural obeisances)
- Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
- 1915, Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany, Fifty-One Tales:
- But looking upwards in the blaze of the moon I suddenly saw colossi sitting near, and towering up and blotting out the stars and filling the night with blackness; and at those idols’ feet I saw praying and making obeisance kings and the days that are and all times and all cities and all nations and all their gods.
- 1962, J. L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words (OUP paperback edition), p. 69:
- The situation in the case of actions which are non-linguistic but similar to performative utterances in that they are the performance of a conventional action (here ritual or ceremonial) is rather like this: suppose I bow deeply before you; it might not be clear whether I am doing obeisance to you or, say, stooping to observe the flora or to ease my indigestion.
- 1915, Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany, Fifty-One Tales:
- An obedient attitude.
Usage notes
- Usually in the phrases do obeisance or make obeisance.
Translations
See also
- kiss someone's ring
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worship
English
Alternative forms
- wurship (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English worschippe, worthschipe, from Old English weorþs?ipe; synchronically analyzable as worth (“worthy, honorable”) +? -ship. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w????p/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w???p/, /?w????p/
- Hyphenation: wor?ship
Noun
worship (usually uncountable, plural worships)
- (obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:
- Then he forth on his journey did proceede, / To seeke adventures which mote him befall, / And win him worship through his warlike deed […].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious
- The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- An object of worship.
- 1882 or later, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Michel Angelo
- In attitude and aspect formed to be / At once the artist's worship and despair.
- 1882 or later, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Michel Angelo
- Honour; respect; civil deference.
- Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates
Synonyms
- adoration
- reverence
- idolatry
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
worship (third-person singular simple present worships, present participle (Commonwealth) worshipping or (US) worshiping, simple past and past participle (Commonwealth) worshipped or (US) worshiped or (obsolete) worshipt)
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
- 1655, John Milton, Sonnet 18
- When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones.
- 1655, John Milton, Sonnet 18
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- a. 1639, Thomas Carew, A Cruell Mistris
- With bended knees I daily worship her.
- a. 1639, Thomas Carew, A Cruell Mistris
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
Derived terms
- worship the porcelain god
Translations
References
- worship at OneLook Dictionary Search
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