worship: [OE] Worship began life as a compound noun meaning virtually ‘worthiness’. It was formed from the adjective worth and the noun suffix -ship ‘state, condition’, and at first was used for ‘distinction, credit, dignity’. This soon passed into ‘respect, reverence’, but it was not used in specifically religious contexts until the 13th century. The verb dates from the 12th century. => worth
worship (n.)
Old English worescip, wurescip (Anglian), weorescipe (West Saxon) "condition of being worthy, dignity, glory, distinction, honor, renown," from weore "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.
例文
1. St Jude 's church is a public place of worship .
聖ユダ大聖堂は礼拝を行う公共の場所である。
2.Most of the upper castes worship the Goddess Kali.
インド上層部のカーストの多くは女神時母を崇拝している。
3.They worship James Brown,Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix.
彼らはジェームズ?ブラウン、ボブ?マリー、ジミー?ヘンドリックスを崇拝している。
4.Singer Brett Anderson inspires old-fashioned hero- worship .