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c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) 179 (MED) Singeþ to our Lord, for he did worþshipfullich.

c1450 tr. Secreta Secret. (Royal) 8 If a kyng wolle regne worshipfully, it bihouyth him neyþer to haue..skarste ne fool large.

1485–6 Act of Resumption in Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1485 m. 1 Charges, which most be kept and borne worshipfully and honorably.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxxv. 3 (MED) The lord worshipfully wroght with thaim.

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute 914 in Poet. Wks. (1843) I. 346 To take on hande Worsshepfully to withstande Such temporall warre and bate.

1545 in Cal. State Papers Ireland 1509–73 (1860) Pref. p. vi The said Wyllame fowght stylle manly and worshipfully.

1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill ii. vi. 59 Thomas Windhame a gentleman well borne and worshipfully descended.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Berks. 109 A family of his alliance is still worshipfully extant in this County.

1845 T. Cooper Purgatory of Suicides vi. 184 O Christ! how worshipfully great thou art Uttering such dying breath!

1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 173 Then Sir Lavaine did well and worshipfully.

1894 ‘M. Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 368 Shelley's life has the one indelible blot upon it, but is other wise worshipfully noble and beautiful.

J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) l. 186 That we neuen noght his name but worshipfully.

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 57 Yan xal ilk a broyer..comyn and gon wit ye cors to cherche, worchepefulleke.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 9897 Þat y þys wrþy sacrament mowe begynne, And wurschypfully [c1390 Vernon worschupe] þar-of to speke.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 1112 Fro whens..they come to..a relygyous place..wher wurshepfully Austyn was receyuyd.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 10 It is grett shame to me..that I ne doo you to be conueyed worshipfully thrugh my land.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xlvii. 10 He ordeyned to kepe the holy daies worshipfully, and that the solempne feastes..shulde be honorably holden.

1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. xliii. 219 b Thou oughtest eyther to speake worshypfully of thy father, or els to holde thy peace.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. 66 The commons..were at the cost to interre and burie him worshipfully.

1661 P. Enderbie Cambria Triumphans i. 164 His Sepulchre to be made worshipfully, for the honour of Knighthood, whereof he was Prince.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 216 It will be to thy worship, as my knight,..To see that she be buried worshipfully.

1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 52 Ye have saved a life..And fain would I reward thee worshipfully.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 5157 God has þe nouȝt for-gete..for worchipfulli artou wedded to welde a kinges sone.

1448 Will of Henry VI in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 378 To thentent that diuine seruice shal mowe be doon therin worshipfully vnto the honour of god.

a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 12462 He schulde set hit most worschipfuly, ffor he wolde vrle his pane wyþ-al.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Neh. iii. 20 After him buylded Baruc the sonne of Sabai the other pece worshipfully & costly.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. v. sig. C.vj/2 The wisedome of Solomon, is worshipfully thought of throughout the whole compasse of the world.

1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London ii. sig. D1 Worshipfully is this Lord of Limbo attended, for Knights themselues follow close at his heeles.

1660 F. Philipps Tenenda non Tollenda iii. 51 He did right worshipfully as the Record saith, maintain the charge of his houshold with sixteen thousand pounds Sterling per annum.

1766 C. Caraccioli Antiq. Arundel 123 That he should have his place in Parliament and the King's Council..for himself and his heirs (as worshipfully, saith the act, as any of his ancestors..ever had).

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere iii. p. ccxi Is not thys conclusyon worshypfully deduced vppon scrypture?

1603 J. Hayward Answer Conf. conc. Succession ix. sig. T3 Setting the garland upon your owne head, and making your imaginarie audience to applaude your opinion, as worshipfully wise.

1641 Confut. L. Hewes his Dialogue 75 Till you hear Ministers forbidden to open in their Sermons either this book or the other Scriptures that you mention, you may (right worthy Sir) sit worshipfully down and hold your peace.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 60 He says little, Eats and Drinks much..and so Rides Worshipfully Drunk home again.

1863 Fire Insurance Duty (Assoc. Abolition or Reduction Fire Insur.) vi. 22 Honour itself is added to the list of jewels which he worshipfully lays at the feet of his idol.

1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. i. 39 Gleaning worshipfully what fragmentary illustrations of the history..of the family might fall from their lips.

1921 G. M. Walker Words of Faith xviii. 146 Nature has great resources yet to uncover to the man working worshipfully with God.

1962 L. P. Hudson Bones of Plenty i. 155 George remembered the feeling of stepping worshipfully aside when the owners came to lead the nervous animals from their stalls.

1970 D. Davie Six Epist. to Eva Hesse v. 55 There, on the black sand, hacked, dismembered Worshipfully, he remembered, Did he..how A man-god could not disavow..the weight Of divinity, and fate?

2012 Woman's Art Jrnl. 33 21/2 The display model of face cream appears as an icon of consumerism, venerated and desired by the shoppers who worshipfully gather around it.