worship
The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
Example
“Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.”
Other meanings
The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperdulia) that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
Word history
From Old English "weorþsċiepe".
Where this comes from
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