Worship

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Old English weorthscipe ‘worthiness, acknowledgement of worth’ (see worth, -ship).

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From Middle English worschippe, worthschipe, from Old English weorþsċipe; synchronically analyzable as worth(“worthy, honorable”) +‎ -ship. Cognate with Scots worschip(“worship”).

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worship (n.)

Old English worðscip, wurðscip (Anglian), weorðscipe (West Saxon) "condition of being worthy, dignity, glory, distinction, honor, renown," from weorð "worthy" (see worth) + -scipe (see -ship). Sense of "reverence paid to a supernatural or divine being" is first recorded c. 1300. The original sense is preserved in the title worshipful "honorable" (c. 1300).

worship (v.)

c. 1200, from worship (n.). Related: Worshipped; worshipping.