worshipful
/ˈwəːʃɪpfʊl
/ /ˈwəːʃɪpf(ə)l/adjective
1Feeling or showing reverence and adoration: her voice was full of worshipful admiration...
- He has already had a king-like, seven-day funeral and a tsunami of worshipful media coverage.
- I am in worshipful awe of people who can pick up an instrument and simply compose new music.
- Sadly, the Empress is quite pacific, though if her intention was to appear worshipful, she didn't quite succeed.
1.1 archaic Entitled to honour or respect.
2 (Worshipful) British Used in titles given to justices of the peace and to certain old companies or their officers: the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths...
- And in 1986 she became a Lady Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.
- The quote actually referred to Davidson's announcement in April that he was going to be sworn in as a Worshipful Master of the Freemasons.
Derivatives
worshipfully
- Many make the pilgrimage to sit worshipfully at his feet.
- After giving Heather a look of irritation, Paul looked back at Kirby and worshipfully replied, ‘I want what will make you the happiest, My Lady Kirby.’
- Adam could still recall the giggling child with soft curls and luminous eyes, who had worshipfully looked up to his older brother.
worshipfulness
- Called to be an image of the Church as the worshipping one, the cloistered nun must - let us repeat it - reject all that diminishes the worshipfulness of her of her service.
- Many solid Catholics in search of the solemnity, respect and worshipfulness due our Lord find themselves drawn to what has become known as the Traditionalist Catholic movement.
- Instead, a sense of worshipfulness goes together with a range of feelings, including humility, wonder, awe, mystery, joy, peace, contentment, fellowship.