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worshipable, a.|ˈwɜːʃɪpəb(ə)l|
[f. worship v. + -able.]
†1. Entitled to honour or respect; honourable, worshipful. Obs.
c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 3511 Thy disposicion Ordeyned had the table By lyklyhede of high degre And of estate ful worshipable. c1410― Life Our Lady (MS. Ashm. 39 lf. 94 b), Se howe lowely in a stall or stabill howe that she satte this lady worshipabill. 1426― De Guil. Pilgr. 7724 A Gorger off Sobyrnesse, The wych Armure ys profytable, To alle folkys worshepable.
2. Capable of being worshipped.
1840Carlyle Heroes i. (1858) 196 Nature is still divine,..the Hero is still worshipable. 1857P. Freeman Princ. Div. Serv. II. 173 A worshippable Presence of Christ, resulting from their consecration. 1883American VI. 7 Woman's being is to him fairly worshipable. |