worship

Roget category 990

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.5. Religious affections
›› 6.5.4. Acts of religion

#990. Worship

noun

worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation — kneeling, genuflection, prostration.
prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy breathing — petition etc. (request) 765 — collect, litany, Lord's prayer, paternoster [Lat.] — beadroll^† — latria^†, dulia^†, hyperdulia^†, vigils — revival — cult — anxious meeting, camp meeting — ebenezer, virginal.
thanksgiving — giving thanks, returning thanks — grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna — hallelujah, allelujah^† — Te Deum [Lat.], non nobis Domine [Lat.], nunc dimittis [Lat.] — paean — benschen [G.] — Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus [Lat.], The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion.
psalm, psalmody — hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem, motet — antiphon^†, antiphony.
oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation — burnt offering, heave offering, votive offering — offertory.
discipline — self-discipline, self-examination, self-denial — fasting.
divine service, office, duty — exercises — morning prayer — mass, matins, evensong, vespers — undernsong^†, tierce^† — holyday etc. (rites) 998.
worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant.

verb

worship, lift up the heart, aspire — revere etc. 928 — adore, do service, pay homage — humble oneself, kneel — bow the knee, bend the knee — fall down, fall on one's knees — prostrate oneself, bow down and worship.
pray, invoke, supplicate — put up, offer up prayers, offer petitions — beseech etc. (ask) 765 — say one's prayers, tell one's beads.
return thanks, give thanks — say grace, bless, praise, laud, glorify, magnify, sing praises — give benediction, lead the choir, intone — deacon, deacon off propitiate [U.S.], offer sacrifice, fast, deny oneself — vow, offer vows, give alms.
work out one's salvation — go to church — attend service, attend mass — communicate etc. (rite) 998.

adjective

worshipping etc. v. — devout, devotional, reverent, pure, solemn — fervid etc. (heartfelt) 821.

interjection

hallelujah, allelujah! ^†, hosanna!, glory be to God!, O Lord!, pray God that!, God grant, God bless, God save, God forbid!, sursum corda [Lat.].

phrase

making their lives a prayer" [Whittier]; ora et labora [Lat.] — prayers ardent open heaven" [Young].

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

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