worship : Idioms & Phrases

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ancestor worship

  • noun worship of ancestors
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animal-worship

  • noun the worship of animals
    zoolatry.
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bible-worship

  • noun the worship of the Bible
    bibliolatry.
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Devil worship

  • worship of the power of evil; still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power.
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Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship

  • etc. See under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.
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devil-worship

  • noun the acts or rites of worshiping devils
    demonolatry; diabolatry.
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Fire worship

  • the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.
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fire-worship

  • noun the worship of fire
    pyrolatry.
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fish-worship

  • noun the worship of fish
    ichthyolatry.
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Hero worship

  • noun admiration for great men (or their memory)
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  • extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient worship of heroes.
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hero-worship

  • verb love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
    idolise; worship; revere; idolize.
    • Many teenagers idolized the Beatles
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house of worship

  • noun any building where congregations gather for prayer
    house of worship; house of prayer; house of God.
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idol worship

  • noun the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God
    idolatry.
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Image worship

  • the worship of images as symbols; iconolatry distinguished from idolatry; the worship of images themselves.
Webster 1913

Knee tribute, or Knee worship

  • tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection. Obs. "Knee tribute yet unpaid."
Webster 1913

miracle-worship

  • noun the worship of miracles
    thaumatolatry.
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moon-worship

  • noun the worship of the moon
    selenolatry.
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Nature worship

  • noun a system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena
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  • the worship of the personified powers of nature.
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place of worship

  • noun any building where congregations gather for prayer
    house of worship; house of prayer; house of God.
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place-worship

  • noun the worship of places
    topolatry.
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self-worship

  • noun the worship of yourself
    idiolatry; autolatry.
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Self"-wor`ship noun
Definitions
  1. The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
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serpent-worship

  • noun the worship of snakes
    ophiolatry.
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sun-worship

  • noun the worship of the sun
    heliolatry.
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symbol-worship

  • noun the worship of symbols
    symbolatry; symbololatry.
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tree-worship

  • noun the worship of trees
    arborolatry.
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Will worship

  • worship according to the dictates of the will or fancy; formal worship. Obs.
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woman-worship

  • noun the worship of women
    gyneolatry; gynaeolatry.
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word-worship

  • noun the worship of words
    verbolatry; grammatolatry.
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worship of heavenly bodies

  • noun the worship of planets or stars
    astrolatry.
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worship of man

  • noun the worship of human beings
    anthropolatry.
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