revere stresses deference and tenderness of feeling.
a professor revered by her students
reverence presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring.
reverenced the academy's code of honor
venerate implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age.
heroes still venerated
worship implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony.
worships their memory
adore implies love and stresses the notion of an individual and personal attachment.
we adored our doctor
Example Sentences
Verb Many ancient cultures worshipped the sun and moon. They worship at this temple. I worship God in my own way. Nounworship of gods and goddessesWorship services are held daily. the media's worship of celebrities See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The chapel hosts worship services that are free to the public every day, but outside of services visitors are welcome on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for a fee. Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE, 15 Sep. 2022 Elizabeth would worship at the Royal Chapel at Windsor and then drive herself to see her cousin and lifelong friend, Margaret Rhodes, who lived in a cozy cottage on the Windsor estate that the monarch had given her. Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 On education, Thou shalt not worship projects nor Shalt thou or thine bow down before Administration. Abraham Socher, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022 Abarbanel describes the punishment as follows: once exiled, the Jews would worship idols. Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2022 Freedom to worship in the postwar era reinvigorated long-dormant local spiritual traditions. Hiroko Yoda, The New Yorker, 26 July 2022 The Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian attendees worship in their native language — not Mandarin but Taiwanese, a dialect that was once suppressed by the Kuomintang regime, which ruled under martial law from 1949 to 1987.Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 Smith had previously attended the event and worship services at the church, per officials, the outlet said. Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2022 Coate is a contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, worship leader, and producer based in Pembroke, a suburb of Boston.Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2022
Noun
Benno, though, is confident that New York's law prohibiting the carrying of guns in sensitive locations — particularly houses of worship — would not withstand the Supreme Court's new text, history and tradition test. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2022 Originally a Catholic place of worship, the abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII during the English Reformation, a time of great religious upheaval where the Catholic Church was replaced by the Church of England. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2022 For over two centuries, fishing communities along Vietnam’s central and southern coastlines have built places of worship to honor the dead cetaceans washing up on their shores.Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2022 The Croydon church bells rang again at noon, as did the bells at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral and other houses of worship in cities large and small. Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2022 Celebrate the history of South Milwaukee with a visit to historical attractions, city services, local schools and places of worship. Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022 The DeLand building isn’t the only former place of worship to get a second life. Austin Fuller, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022 Two of them were long-established and not controversial: freedom of speech and of worship. Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022 For houses of worship, covid-19 has been a kick in the teeth. Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English worþschipen, worschepen, worshippen "to hold in honor, esteem, show respect for, revere (a deity), conduct religious rites," derivative of wurðscip, worschip "honor, esteem, religious faith, rank, value" — more at worship entry 2
Noun
Middle English wurðscip, worschip "honor, esteem, renown, veneration, religious faith, a person's social standing, rank, value," going back to Old English weorþscipe, wurþscipe "honor, esteem, veneration, dignity," from weorþ, wyrþ, as noun "value" and as adjective "valuable, having status, deserving" + -scipe-ship — more at worth entry 1, worth entry 3