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worshipable

worshipable adjective: capable of being worshipped.

Adjective

worshipable (comparative more worshipable, superlative most worshipable)

  1. Capable of being worshipped.
    • The rampant vigor with which Japanese Buddhism began to absorb everything in heaven, earth and sea, which it could make a worshipable object or cause to stand as a Kami or deity to the mind, will be seen as we proceed.1895, William Elliot Griffis, “IX: The Buddhism of the Japanese”, in The Religions of Japan, 4th edition revised, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, published 1912, page 269
  2. Worthy of worship.
    • So much of truth, only under an ancient obsolete vesture, but the spirit of it still true, do I find in the Paganism of old nations. Nature is still divine, the revelation of the workings of God; the Hero is still worshipable: this, under poor cramped incipient forms, is what all Pagan religions...1840 May 5, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published...
    • In addition, Kali, spouse of Shiva, is presented as an object of devotion […] who is "the Image and Embodiment of all the […] Devas." She is multiform, worshipable in each, "Mother of all."1919, George W. Gilmore, “Tantrism: The Newest Hinduism”, in The American Journal of Theology, volume 23, number 4, page 450
    Synonyms:
    worshipworthy

Synonyms of worshipable

Forms of worshipable

comparativemore worshipable
superlativemost worshipable
alternative formworshippable

Origin of worshipable

From Middle English worschipable, worschypabull, worshepable, worshipable; equivalent to worship + -able.

Words formed from worshipable

Questions about worshipable

What does worshipable mean?
Worshipable means capable of being worshipped.
What part of speech is worshipable?
Worshipable is an adjective.

Words near worshipable in the dictionary

  1. worship songs
  2. worship the ground someone walks on
  3. worship the porcelain god
  4. worship the porcelain goddess
  5. worshipability
  6. worshipable
  7. worshiped
  8. worshiped the ground someone walked on
  9. worshiped the porcelain god
  10. worshiped the porcelain goddess
  11. worshipedst

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