WORSHIP

v. pray, exalt, venerate, deify, idolize; honor, esteem

n. ritual; veneration, homage; adoration, esteem; prayer, exaltation; idol-worship

This article refers to the religious act. For the album by Michael W. Smith see Worship (album) Worship usually refers to specific acts of religious praise, honour, or devotion, typically directed to a supernatural being such as God, a god or goddess. It is the informal term in English for what sociologists of religion call cultus, the body of practices and traditions that correspond to theology.
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Noun
1. the activity of worshipping
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) deification, exaltation, apotheosis
2. a feeling of profound love and admiration
(synonym) adoration
(hypernym) love
(derivation) idolize, idolise, hero-worship, revere
Verb
1. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"
(synonym) idolize, idolise, hero-worship, revere
(hypernym) adore
(hyponym) drool over, slobber over
(derivation) adoration
2. show devotion to (a deity); "Many Hindus worship Shiva"
(hypernym) reverence, fear, revere, venerate
(derivation) believer, worshiper, worshipper
(classification) religion, faith, religious belief
3. attend religious services; "They worship in the traditional manner"
(hypernym) attend, go to
(hyponym) offer, offer up

(v. t.)
To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
  

(v. t.)
To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.
  

(v. t.)
To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  

(v. i.)
To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.
  

(a.)
The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God.
  

(a.)
Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.
  

(a.)
Honor; respect; civil deference.
  

(a.)
Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station.
  

(a.)
Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
  

(a.)
An object of worship.
  

homage rendered to God which it is sinful (idolatry) to render to any created being (Ex. 34:14; Isa. 2:8). Such worship was refused by Peter (Acts 10:25,26) and by an angel (Rev. 22:8,9).