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panegyric
English
Alternative forms
- panegyrick (obsolete)
- panegyry (obsolete)
Etymology
From French panégyrique, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (pan?gurikós), from ???- (pan-) "all" + agyris "place of assembly", Aeolic form of ????? (agorá)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pæn??d?????k/, /?pæn??d??a???k/
Noun
panegyric (countable and uncountable, plural panegyrics)
- A formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something.
- Synonym: eulogy
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 197):
- He then spoke in the usual boastful manner of his progenitors, added a flaming panegyric upon himself, and strolled down the road to repeat his speech at the next house.
- Someone who writes or delivers such a speech.
Derived terms
- panegyrical
- panegyrically
Translations
Adjective
panegyric (comparative more panegyric, superlative most panegyric)
- panegyrical
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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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