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Worshipful

Definitions: Worshipful

Worshipful

Adjective

1. Showing adoration.

2. Showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "worshipful" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)


Synonyms: Worshipful

Synonyms: adoring (adj), godly (adj), reverent (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Worshipful

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Repute

Great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely. imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven-born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche; sacrosanct.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Commercial Usage: Worshipful

DomainTitle

Books

  • His Worshipful Majesty (Aws130) (reference)

  • Resting Place: 12 Worshipful Meditations for Solo Piano (reference)

  • The Wax Chandlers of London; a short history of the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers, London (reference)

  • The Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights of the City of London, 1670-1970 (reference)

  • The Worshipful Lucia (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Worshipful

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

I had spent the better part of the night at the bedside of the worshipful Governor Winthrop, doing what my poor skill might to give him ease.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Worshipful

"Worshipful" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Worshipful" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%5048,117

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Worshipful

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

master worshipful

4

handbook master worshipful

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Worshipful

Language Translations for "worshipful"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zotëria e tij (nibs), i nderuar (honorable, honored, honourable, honoured, laurelled, patriarchal, reputable, respectable, venerable, well thought out). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

"诚 (Devout, Pious). (various references)

   

Czech

  

ctihodný (honorable, honourable, respectable, Reverend, ven, venerable, worthy). (various references)

   

French

  

adorateur (worshipper). (various references)

   

German

  

verehrend (adoring, enshrining, revering, venerating, worshipfully). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σεβαστόσ (matronal, matronly, respectable, time honored, time-honoured, venerable), λατρευτόσ (adorable). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

סו'" (worshipper). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tiszteletreméltó (estimable, honorable, honourable, reputable, reputed, respectable, venerable), imádatra méltó. (various references)

   

Italian

  

venerabile (ancient, hoary, venerable), eccellentissimo (excellent). (various references)

   

Manx

  

onnoragh (creditable, honorary), arrymagh (respectful, reverend, solemn, submissive, venerable). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Portuguese

  

venerando (venerable), venerador (venerator), venerável (antique, patriarchate, patrician, Reverend, venerable), respeitador (duty), respeitável (accountable, dignified, estimate, hoary, properly, reputable, respectable, responsible, Reverend, rightdown, venerable, worthy), honrado (deserved, dignified, gentle, honest, honorable, honoree, honourable, hooch, reputable, respectable, righteous, trustworthy, worthy), digno (August, comely, creditable, deserver, deserving, dignified, gentle, meritorious, noble, praiseworthy, respectable, worth, worthy). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

adorabil (admirable, adorable, amiable, charming, choice, darling, delicious, delightful, exquisite, wonderful). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уважаемый (estimable, honored, honoured, reputable, well-thought-of), почтенный (redoubtable, reputable, venerable). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

poštovan (honored, reputable, respectable, respected), dostojan obožavanja (adorable). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

honorable (honorable, honourable, respectable, white), excelentísimo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vördnadsfull (respectful, reverent, reverential). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tapılacak (adorable), saygıdeğer (August, christian, considered, esteemed, estimable, honorable, honourable, respectable, Reverend, venerable, well-considered, worthy), saygı dolu, muhterem (August, estimable, honorable, honourable, patriarchal, Reverend, venerable). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

шанований (esteemed, estimable, honorable, honourable, reputable, worthy), поважаний. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

đáng tôn sùng, đáng tôn kính (venerable), đáng sùng bái (adorable). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Worshipful

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

recolitus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Worshipful

LanguageDateSourceNumbers Chapter 28, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai h hmera h prwth epiklhtoV agia estai umin pan ergon latreuton ou poihsete
Latin405VulgateQuarum dies prima venerabilis et sancta erit omne opus servile non facietis in ea
Middle English1395WyclifOf the whiche the firste day worshipful and holy shal be; al seruyle werk ye shulen not doon in it.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThe first daye shalbe an holy feast so that ye shall do no maner of laboryous worke therein.
Jacobean English1611King JamesIn the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
Victorian English1833WebsterOn the first day shall be a holy convocation; in it ye shall do no manner of servile work.
Basic English1964OgdenOn the first day there is to be a holy meeting: you may do no sort of field-work:

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Worshipful

LanguageNumbers Chapter 28, Verse 18
CebuanoSa nahauna nga adlaw maoy usa ka balaan nga pagkatigum: walay bisan unsa nga bulohaton nga inalagad nga pagabuhaton ninyo;
Chinese第 一 日 當 有 聖 會 、 " 麼 勞 碌 的 工 都 不 可 作 。
CroatianPrvog dana neka bude sveti saziv. Nikakva težaèkog posla nemojte raditi.
DanishPå den første Dag skal der være Højtidsstævne, intet som belst Arbejde må I udføre.
DutchOp den eersten dag zal een heilige samenroeping zijn; geen dienstwerk zult gijlieden doen;
FinnishEnsimmäisenä päivänä on pyhä kokous; älkää silloin yhtäkään arkiaskaretta toimittako.
FrenchLe premier jour, il y aura une sainte convocation: vous ne ferez aucune oeuvre servile.
GermanDer erste Tag soll heilig heißen, daß ihr zusammenkommt; keine Dienstarbeit sollt ihr an ihm tun
Haitian CreoleSou premye jou a, n'a reyini tout moun pou vin adore Seyè a. Lè sa a, pesonn p'ap gen dwa fè okenn gwo travay.
HungarianElsõ napon legyen szent gyülekezés; semmi robota munkát ne végezzetek,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPada hari yang pertama perayaan itu kamu harus mengadakan pertemuan untuk beribadat, dan tak boleh melakukan pekerjaan berat.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaPada hari yang pertama akan ada perhimpunan yang suci; janganlah kamu kerjakan barang sesuatu pekerjaan padanya.
ItalianIl primo giorno si terr una sacra adunanza; non farete alcun lavoro servile;
MaoriHei te ra tuatahi te huihuinga tapu: kaua tetahi mahi a te kaimahi e mahia:
NorwegianPå den første dag skal det være en hellig sammenkomst; I skal ikke gjøre nogen arbeidsgjerning.
PortugueseNo primeiro dia haverá santa convocação; nenhum trabalho servil fareis;   
RumanianKn ziua dintki, sq fie o adunare sfkntq: sq nu faceyi nici o lucrare de slugq kn ea.
SpanishEl primer día habrá asamblea sagrada; no haréis ningún trabajo laboral.
SwedishPå den första dagen skall man hålla en helig sammankomst; ingen arbetssyssla skolen I då göra.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Worshipful

Derivations

Words beginning with "worshipful": worshipfully, worshipfulness, worshipfulnesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Worshipful" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: whorshipful. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Worshipful"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "worshipful" (pronounced wer"shupful)
4-p f u lhelpful, hopeful, unhelpful.
3-f u lapocryphal, artful, awful, baffle, baleful, bashful, beautiful, blissful, boastful, bountiful, careful, cheerful, colorful, deceitful, delightful, disdainful, disgraceful, disrespectful, distasteful, distrustful, doleful, doubtful, dreadful, duffel, dutiful, eventful, faithful, falafel, fanciful, fateful, fearful, fistful, fitful, flavorful, forceful, forgetful, fretful, frightful, fruitful, gainful, gleeful, graceful, grateful, harmful, hateful, healthful, houseful, hurtful, insightful, joyful, kerfuffle, lawful, lustful, masterful, meaningful, merciful, mindful, mistrustful, mournful, muffle, needful, neglectful, painful, panful, peaceful, pitiful, playful, plentiful, powerful, prayerful, purposeful, raffle, regretful, remorseful, resentful, reshuffle, resourceful, respectful, restful, riffle, rifle, rightful, rueful, ruffle, scornful, scuffle, shameful, shuffle, sinful, skillful, sorrowful, soulful, spiteful, stifle, stressful, successful, suspenseful, tactful, tasteful, tearful, thankful, thoughtful, trifle, triumphal, truffle, truthful, tuneful, uneventful, unfaithful, ungrateful, unhealthful, unlawful, unsuccessful, untruthful, useful, vengeful, waffle, wasteful, watchful, willful, wishful, wistful, woeful, wonderful, wrongful, youthful, zestful.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Worshipful

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-h-i-l-o-p-r-s-u-w"

-2 letters: flourish.

-3 letters: upflows, wishful, wolfish, worship.

-4 letters: flours, fluors, houris, lowish, owlish, pilous, poilus, polish, prowls, upflow, whirls, whorls.

-5 letters: filos, flips, flops, flour, flows, fluor, flush, foils, fouls, fours, fowls, frosh, frows, furls, fusil, hilus, houri, hours, howfs, howls, hurls, loris, louis, loups, lours, ouphs, pilus, pious, plows, plush, poilu, polis, poufs, pours.

 Words containing the letters "f-h-i-l-o-p-r-s-u-w"
 

+2 letters: worshipfully.

 

+4 letters: worshipfulness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Worshipful


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 6F 72 73 68 69 70 66 75 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01101111 01110010 01110011 01101000 01101001 01110000 01100110 01110101 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#111 &#114 &#115 &#104 &#105 &#112 &#102 &#117 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 006F 0072 0073 0068 0069 0070 0066 0075 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

57818485747582728778

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Worshipful"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译kinez, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzunggjerman, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקhebraishte, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumun, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningsuedez, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ

Ukranian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення乌克兰

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchvietnamisht, vietnamez, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Bible Trace
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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