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Worship

Act of religious devotion / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Worship is showing regard with great respect, honor, or devotion.[1] This may be encountered in religious settings. In such instances it may represent divine worship; reverence for a divine being or supernatural power. This activity may have other focuses, such as hero worship. Worship may involve one or more of activities such as veneration, adoration, praise, supplication, devotion, prostration, or submission. An act of worship can be performed as simple prayer or through elaborate ceremony, individually, in an informal or formal group, or by a designated leader. The focus of worship is ultimately honoring the subject in some manner.[2]

Detail from Religion by Charles Sprague Pearce (1896)