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Originally Posted by **Ann Cheryl**
* That is what you started with the definition of worship to show us that we worship Mary. The fact is that over the past 100 years the meaning has changed.
Really? If you could provide the dictionary meaning of the word worship in 1905 I would gladly study it.
I got one, check it out:
Worship (Page:
1666)
Wor"ship (?), n. [OE. worshipe, wur&edh;scipe, AS. weor&edh;scipe; weor&edh; worth + -scipe -ship. See
http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?word=Worth”]Worth
, a., and -ship.]
1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.]
Shak. A man of
worship and honour. *Chaucer.*Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle
worship in his native land. *Spenser.***2. **Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.] Of which great worth and
worship may be won. *Spenser.*Then shalt thou have
worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. *Luke xiv. 10.*
3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station. My father desires your
worships’ company. *Shak.*
4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. God with idols in their
worship joined."
Milton. The
worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious
worship. *Tillotson.*
5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration. 'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair, Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream, That can my spirits to your
worship. *Shak.*
6. An object of worship. In attitude and aspect formed to be At once the artist’s
worship and despair. *Longfellow.*Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See under
Devil,
Fire,
Hero, etc.
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**Worship** (Page: [1666](http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.page.sh?page=1666)) **Wor"ship**, v. t. [imp. & p. p. [url="http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?word=Worshiped"]Worshiped (?) ∨ [Worshipped](http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?word=Worshipped); p. pr. & vb. n. [Worshiping](http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?word=Worshiping) ∨ [Worshipping](http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?word=Worshipping).]
1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [Obsoles.]
Chaucer. Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not
worshiped with a waxen epitaph. *Shak.*This holy image that is man God
worshipeth. *Foxe.*
2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate. But God is to be
worshiped. *Shak.*When all our fathers
worshiped stocks and stones. *Milton.*
3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. With bended knees I daily
worship her. *Carew.*Syn. – To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
Worship
This is from a
1913 Webster Dictionary, click
here to read the entries. Take a look at the second definition of the noun form, “honor” and “respect.” Better yet, look at the very first:" Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness." Never heard it used that way before, I guess the word evolved. How dare the English language change! The verb form also includes “to honor.”
Definitions are pointless if you continue to define them to suit your needs. I ask you to consider our clearly defined latin words of “latria” and “dulia” to describe these acts towards the saints, Mary, or God. After all, they exist to elucidate the nature as well as the intents of the action.
Dei gratia,
Greyhawk
