worshipable
worshipable adjective: capable of being worshipped.
Adjective
worshipable (comparative more worshipable, superlative most worshipable)
- 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
- 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
| comparative | more worshipable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most worshipable |
| alternative form | worshippable |
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
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