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As nouns the difference between salute and worship

is that salute is while worship is (british) a form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries.

salute

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A formal gesture made in honor of someone or something, usually with the hand or hands in one of various particular positions.
    • The soldiers greeted the dignitaries with a crisp salute .
  • * 1997 , Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi, Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy , page 110,
    • The Roman salute', in which the right arm was raised in a straight and perpendicular manner, had been adopted by D'Annunzio during his regency in Fiume. Like other rituals utilized by D'Annunzio, the ' salute became part of the rising fascist movement's symbolic patrimony and was inherited by Mussolini's government.
  • * 2009', Tilman Allert, ''The Hitler '''Salute : On the Meaning of a Gesture , page 46,
    • Like lines of perspective or the beams of searchlights at Nazi Party rallies that shone into the night sky where they met in an infinitely distant beyond, the arms and hands of those giving each other the Hitler salute forever approached each other but never joined.
  • * 2010 , Adrian Tchaikovsky, Salute the Dark: Shadows of the Apt 4 , unnumbered page,
    • And Kaszaat let out a shriek of pure anger, bursting forwards suddenly, flinging her hand up towards Drephos as though in salute .
  • Any action performed for the purpose of honor or tribute.
    • The orchestra performed the concert as a salute to Gershwin.

    Verb

  • To make a gesture in honor of someone or something.
    • They saluted the flag as it passed in the parade.
  • * 1943 June 19, New York Times'', quoted in 2000, Terry Eastland, ''Freedom of Expression in the Supreme Court: The Defining Cases , page 64,
    • Yet the simple fact stands that a school child compelled to salute the flag, when he has been taught the flag is an "image" which the Bible forbids him to worship, is in effect made to say what he does not believe.
  • * 2000 , Eric A. Posner, Law and Social Norms , page 129,
    • The person who salutes' is slavishly obedient, fearful to offend the authorities or other people; the person who declines to ' salute has integrity and independence.
  • To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude; to praise.
    • I would like to salute the many dedicated volunteers that make this project possible.
  • * 2000 , Stephanie Barber, Reap the Harvest for Your Life , page vii,
    • I salute every preaching and teaching woman with the courage to step out on faith and trust God with her life and her calling.
  • (Ireland, informal) to wave, to acknowledge an acquaintance.
    • I saluted Bill at the concert, but he didn't see me through the crowd.
  • To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
  • * '', Act 3, Scene 7, 1867, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright (editors), ''The Works of William Shakespeare , page 578,
    • Then I salute you with this kingly title: / Long live Richard, England's royal king!
  • To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
  • * 1623 , '', Act 2, Scene 3, 1864, Howard Staunton (editor), ''The Works of William Shakespeare , Volume 3, page 292,
    • Would I had no being, / If this salute my blood a jot; it faints me, / To think what follows.
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    Related terms

    * salubrious * salutary * salutation

    See also

    * hello, hi * gesundheit * toast * greet, greeting * good health, bless you

    Anagrams

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    worship

    English

    (wikipedia worship)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
  • *:
    • I will be on horsbak said the knyght / thenne was Arthur wrothe and dressid his sheld toward hym with his swerd drawen / whan the knyght sawe that / he a lyghte / for hym thought no worship to haue a knyght at suche auaille he to be on horsbak and he on foot and so he alyght & dressid his sheld vnto Arthur
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.3:
  • *:Then he forth on his journey did proceede, / To seeke adventures which mote him befall, / And win him worship through his warlike deed.
  • The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
  • The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
  • *(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
  • *:The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
  • (by extension) The ardent love of a something.
  • An object of worship.
  • *(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (1807-1882)
  • *:In attitude and aspect formed to be / At once the artist's worship and despair.
  • Honour; respect; civil deference.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:of which great worth and worship may be won
  • *(Bible), (w) xiv. 10
  • *:Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

    • Derived terms

    * freedom of worship * Her Worship * His Worship * house of worship * place of worship * Worship * worshipability * worshipable * worshipful * Worshipful Master * worshipfully * worshipfulness * worshipped * worshipping * worshippingly * worshipworthy * Your Worship

    Synonyms

    * adoration * reverence * idolatry

    Verb

  • To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
  • * Shakespeare
    • God is to be worshipped .
  • * Milton
    • When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones.
  • To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
  • * Carew
    • With bended knees I daily worship her.
  • To participate in religious ceremonies.
    • We worship at the church down the road.