Worship vs Offering - What's the difference?
worship | offering |
(obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
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*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.
To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
* Carew
To participate in religious ceremonies.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
, volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= An act of offering.
That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
An oblation or presentation made as a religious act.
A contribution given at a religious service.
Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
As nouns the difference between worship and offering
is that worship is (british) a form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries while offering is an act of offering.As a verb offering is
.worship
English
(wikipedia worship)Noun
(en-noun)- 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
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 WorshipSynonyms
* adoration * reverence * idolatryVerb
- God is to be worshipped .
- When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones.
- With bended knees I daily worship her.
- We worship at the church down the road.
offering
English
Verb
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