# worship

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/ · frequency rank #4,423

## Definitions
1. The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
2. The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperveneration / hyper-veneration (or hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
3. The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
4. Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
5. Ardent love.
6. An object of worship.
7. Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.
8. Honour; respect; civil deference.
9. The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
10. The fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious or unapologetic; a piece of music that does that.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.

## Easily confused with
- **worshiped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worship-vs-worshiped)
- **warship** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warship-vs-worship)
- **workshop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/workshop-vs-worship)

## Common misspellings (11)
`owrship`, `worhsip`, `worrship`, `worshhip`, `worshipp`, `worshpi`, `worsihp`, `worsship`, `wosrhip`, `wroship`, `wworship`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/worship