I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a place of worship
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The church is much more than a place of worship.
bow down in worship
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Come, let us bow down in worship .
freedom of religion/worship (= the right to hold/practise any religious belief )
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Liberal newspapers made an effort to secure religious toleration and freedom of worship.
hero worship
worship God (= show love and respect for God )
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Hinduism tells everyone to worship God in his own faith.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
goddess
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Through shouts and music and dancing we worship the Goddess with joyous bodies.
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These passages mimic the cave sanctuaries in those mountains where the people of such places as Crete went to worship the Goddess .
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In later periods people worshipped the Goddess as a stone, often black and / or conical.
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Jouctas, like Ida and Dikte, contains cave sanctuaries where the Cretans worshipped the Goddess .
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Could a culture of human beings worshipping a Goddess really get by without murder or war?
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The Bible describes both cities as evil precisely because people there worshipped the Goddess .
people
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Besides, people will worship anything.
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In later periods people worshipped the Goddess as a stone, often black and / or conical.
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It goes back to the days when people used to worship heavenly bodies as gods.
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The Bible describes both cities as evil precisely because people there worshipped the Goddess.
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There are a lot of well-meaning people in this who worship Ross Perot.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Your/His Worship
act of worship
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A hymn should be an act of worship in its own right and not something to dispel a silence.
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The Commission affirms the value of music for attracting potential believers to acts of worship and to the Church's fellowship.
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They picture women gathered together to dance or perform some apparently ritualistic act of worship.
house of God/worship
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But there are legitimate houses of worship here that welcome any serious couple who want to exchange vows before family and friends.
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If man is made of clay, why not his houses of worship?
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It is not a lack of money that keeps parishioners from expanding the historic house of worship.
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No house of worship nor community center should be bereft of personnel or equipment for such education.
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The area also has many historical houses of worship, which can be toured.
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The Civil War almost devastated these little Baptist houses of worship.
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They had no temples or houses of worship.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Garvey worshipped the ground his wife walked on.
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He worshipped his elder brother.
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In Susie's eyes he can do no wrong - she worships the ground he walks on.
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Kevin practically worships his older brother.
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She absolutely worships Elvis Presley.
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The Ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods.
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the people worshipping in the mosque
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The whole family worshipped together at the chapel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His crews worshipped him and he responded by showing a genuine concern for their welfare.
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She worshipped him for worshipping Marx, or appeared to.
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Stella worships her too-good-to-be-true son, and Winston appears to have no flaws.
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Very ordinary ladies, but worshipped their brother as if he was the Messiah.
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We are very fortunate to have the privilege of worshipping Sunday by Sunday in a full church.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
collective
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The Act required the whole school to meet for the daily act of collective worship unless the school premises made this impracticable.
public
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Members of the congregation need the foundation of a solid personal spirituality of which public worship is but an ingredient.
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Among the Corinthians were some women who, when praying and prophesying in public worship , removed their head coverings.
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The Chaplains organise public worship , discussion groups, excursions and other activities all of which are advertised in the University.
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Governor John Seymour had seen to the passage of laws designed to prevent public worship and to bar Catholic newcomers.
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Largely at Mr Shillington's expense, the unfinished church was completed and opened for public worship in 1802.
religious
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I also think you can feel such sensations in places where great acts of religious worship have taken place.
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But this sequence Freud could not allow in the case of the religious emotion of worship .
■ NOUN
ancestor
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After all, these islands have been steeped for centuries in everything from witchcraft to ancestor worship .
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The sacred, the past, ancestor worship seem to be the chosen grounds in most cases.
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Pre-Columbian ancestor worship finds expression in prayers to the saints.
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There is no clearer case of ancestor worship in the Western world.
hero
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He had a tendency toward hero worship and often gushed embarrassingly in correspondence with his heroes.
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And it wasn't all hero worship .
service
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We have enjoyed the openness in prayer and praise in the worship services .
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It is a major draw for Christians who gather each Easter for sunrise worship services .
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Formats are mainly worship services and information.
song
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This covers a wide range of worship songs , but only a small amount of hymnody.
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Many of the new hymn books include worship songs and they find widespread acceptance.
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Modern church worship songs range in style from rock to romantic ballads.
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In such establishments the emphasis is usually strongly evangelistic, with worship songs , visiting choirs, pop groups and challenging preaching.
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So too does the use of solos or worship songs and instrumental pieces.
■ VERB
attend
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Also it was expected of Rangers to attend divine worship .
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Secondly, about half of those who did attend for worship chose to go to a Nonconformist chapel.
lead
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But it's power also of concern to those who are responsible for the planning and leading of worship .
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Laymen, Columbus among them, would lead shipboard worship .
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The ability to sing a service is not, however, as important as having the skills required to lead worship .
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For the music to be led by a worship band seems to me to be more appropriate to our culture.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Christians, Muslims and Jews came together for an act of communal worship .
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Helping the poor is a form of true worship to God.
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The villagers gather for worship in the little church every Sunday.
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This church has been a place of worship for a thousand years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I shall say only that when we returned for worship next day the whole building was pristine.
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Pre-Columbian ancestor worship finds expression in prayers to the saints.
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Should not worship set forth the gospel and proclaim the faith of the Church?
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The Civil War almost devastated these little Baptist houses of worship .
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There was always a diversity of practice - as there still is - in religious attitudes, customs and modes of worship .
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They had control of the Temple worship , sacrifices and finances.