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worship

/ˈwɜːʃəp/WUR-shuhp
/ˈwɝʃəp/WUR-shuhp

Meaninghonour or worthiness

Common meaning: show religious devotion or reverence

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishweord‘honour or worthiness’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishworthshipe‘honour’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftshonour → show religious devotion or reverenceworship‘show religious devotion or reverence’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English weord ‘honour or worthiness’.

Roots

  • weord Old English “honour or worthiness”

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