worshipful
Syllables: wor·ship·fulUK/ˈwɜːʃɪpfl̩//ˈwɝʃɪpfl̩/
worshipful adjective: tending to worship; showing reverence.
Adjective
worshipful (comparative more worshipful, superlative most worshipful)
- Tending to worship; showing reverence.
- We do want to worship in a worshipful way, not just going through the motions, being entertained, or catching up with friends, but "in spirit and in truth, lost in wonder, love and praise." And then when we're not in church, we really long to live a worshipful life, to discover the comforts and...2017, James C. Howell, “Worship and being Worshipful”, in Worshipful: Living Sunday Morning All Week, Eugene, Or.: Cascade Books, Wipf and Stock, →ISBN, page 2
- Entitled to dignity or respect; distinguished, respected, illustrious.
- [H]owe Dorbell comes to bee doctour none aſks, but doctour hee muſt bee to make him right worſhipfull.1592, Tho[mas] Nashe, “The Foure Letters Confuted”, in Strange Newes, of the Intercepting Certaine Letters and a Convoy of Verses, […], London: […] Iohn Danter, […], →OCLC; republished in J[ohn]...
- Now for a sealing and making fast of this solemn covenant between you I see no likelier rede than that ye all join with me here this day in good friendship to forget your quarrels in drinking of the arvale of King Gorice XI., than whom hath reigned none mightier nor more worshipful in all this...1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 29
- Used as respectful form of address or honorific title for a person or body of persons, now especially in the name of a livery company.
- To my most dredfull and Sovereigne lige Lord, I youre humble lige beseche to yowre Hyness to have in remembrance my comyng to yowre worshipful presence into York of my free will, […]1404, Sharon Turner, “Specimens of the Progress of the English Language and Prose Composition, from the Writings or Speeches of the Various Classes of Society”, in The History of England during the...
- At a Common Council, held in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the city of London, on Friday the 15th day of December, 1769, it was ordered, that the thanks of this Court be given to the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers for their generosity in giving up part of their ground on Snow Hill for the...1769 December 15, John Nicholl, comp., Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers. Compiled, from Their Own Records and Other Authentic Sources of Information, London: John Bowyer Nichols...
- Worthy of worship.
- But the Stoics and the poet Virgil came near to the Christian belief that God is light, and everlasting light. And is not light also ‘mystery’? Yes, unfathomable, worshipful! Lumen adorabile!1934 November, Theodor Haecker, “Fate”, in A. W. Wheen, transl., Virgil, Father of the West (Essays in Order; no. 14), London: Sheed & Ward, →OCLC, page 91
- The worshipful, then, whatever else it may be, is something mysterious and supernatural. But of course the converse is not true. What is mysterious or supernatural need not be worshipful.1957, C[harles] A[rthur] Campbell, “Lecture XI: The Concept of Religion”, in On Selfhood and Godhood: The Gifford Lectures Delivered at the University of St. Andrews during Sessions 1953–54 and...
Noun
worshipful (plural worshipfuls)
- One who is respected or distinguished.
- I was attended to the Guild-hall by the mayor, the chamberlain and ſome more worſhipfuls; but when I entered the grand magazine of imposition, I was prejudiced in favour of their modeſty in concealing of it—the floor being ſtrewed with fragments of obſolete records, cobwebs and ſpiders in all...1776, [Thomas Roch], Charters Destructive to Liberty and Property: Demonstrated by the Principles and Practices of Corporation Patriots, London: Sold by S. Crowder in Pater-noster-Row, →OCLC, pages...
- Damn the worshipful lady, and all other worshipfuls! There’ll be no more worshipfuls here! I’ll give way to no one before my own shop!1889 June, Edwin Lassetter Bynner, “The Begum’s Daughter”, in The Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume LXIII, number CCCLXXX, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y....
- A magistrate (specifically).
worshipful meaning in Urdu and Bengali
worshipful in Urdu
- محترم, قابل پرستش
worshipful in Bengali
- worshipful, devout
- আবেদ abed
Synonyms of worshipful
Antonyms
Forms of worshipful
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more worshipful |
| superlative | most worshipful |
| Noun | |
| plural | worshipfuls |
Origin of worshipful
From Middle English worshipful; equivalent to worship + -ful.
Words formed from worshipful
Questions about worshipful
- What does worshipful mean?
- Worshipful means tending to worship; showing reverence.
- What is worshipful in Urdu?
- Worshipful in Urdu is محترم, قابل پرستش. See Worshipful meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is worshipful?
- Worshipful can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce worshipful?
- Worshipful is pronounced /ˈwɜːʃɪpfl̩/ (UK).
Words near worshipful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: worshipful (page history and authors); worshipful (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আবেদ (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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