English > worship: 5 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | The activity of worshipping. |
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| Narrower | adoration, latria | The worship given to God alone |
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| ancestor worship | worship of ancestors |
| anthropolatry, worship of man | The worship of human beings |
| arborolatry, tree-worship | The worship of trees |
| astrolatry, worship of heavenly bodies | The worship of planets or stars |
| cosmolatry | The worship of the cosmos |
| deification, exaltation, apotheosis | The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) |
| devotion, veneration, cultism | religious zeal |
| diabolatry, demonolatry, devil-worship | The acts or rites of worshiping devils |
| gyneolatry, gynaeolatry, woman-worship | The worship of women |
| hagiolatry, hierolatry | The worship of saints |
| heliolatry, sun-worship | The worship of the sun |
| idiolatry, autolatry, self-worship | The worship of yourself |
| idolatry, idol worship | The worship of idols |
| idolization, idolisation | The act of worshiping blindly and to excess |
| lordolatry | The worship of a lord because of his rank or title |
| monolatry | The worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god |
| moon-worship, selenolatry | The worship of the moon |
| praise | offering words of homage as an act of worship |
| prayer, supplication | The act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) |
| pyrolatry, fire-worship | The worship of fire |
| salat, salaat, salah, salaah | The second pillar of Islam is prayer |
| thaumatolatry, miracle-worship | The worship of miracles |
| topolatry, place-worship | The worship of places |
| zoolatry, animal-worship | The worship of animals |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
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| Spanish | adoración |
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| Catalan | adoració, culte |
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| Verbs | worship | attend religious services |
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