different between worship vs deification

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)

1. (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 […].

2. The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
3. 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.

4. (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
5. (also by extension) Ardent love.
6. 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.

7. Honour; respect; civil deference.
   • Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

8. (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)

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.

Derived terms

• worship the porcelain god

Translations

References

• worship at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

French déification

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

deification (usually uncountable, plural deifications)

1. The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
2. Excessive praise.
3. A deified embodiment.
   • 2013, Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice:

     We went through the main hall, four-armed Amaat looming, the air still smelling of incense and the heap of flowers at the god's feet and knees, back to a tiny chapel tucked into a corner, dedicated to an old and now-obscure provincial god, one of those personifications of abstract concepts so many pantheons hold, in this case a deification of legitimate political authority.

Synonyms

• (act of deifying): divinisation or divinization; apotheosis

Translations

Anagrams

• edification