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An assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on Sunday; -- in England, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of Dissenters.

A house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in England, applied only to a house so used by Dissenters.

worthy of recompense; valuable. And meritorious shall that hand be called, Canonized, and worshiped as a saint. Shak. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ness, n.

The system of doctrines, polity, and worship, of the sect called Methodists. Bp. Warburton.

A quorum, or number necessary, for conducting public worship.

h stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia.

An organization for worship and work, dependent on one or more churches.

Worship of a single deity.

A Mohammedan church or place of religious worship. [Written also mosk.]

ression, as by heavy pressure, of an object such as a leaf, lace, or the like. -- Nature worship, the worship of the personified powers of nature. -- To pay the debt of nature, to die.

The worship of the dead; manes worship. H. Spenser.

A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses. 2 Kings xviii. 4.

nd, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.

Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice. A peculiar ... oblation given to God. Jer. Taylor. A pin was the usual oblation. Sir. W. Scott.

One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence. Dr. H. More.

An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom. At dances These young folk kept their observances. Chaucer. Use all the observance of civility. Shak. Some represent to themselves the whole of religion as consisting in a few…

Worship of Odin; broadly, the Teutonic heathenism. -- O"din*ist, n.

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up. Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement. Ex. xxix. 36. A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices. 1 Pet. ii. 5.

One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship. Hooker.

Worship of the Olympian gods, esp. as a dominant cult or religion.