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# worshipper

noun (a worshipper, worshippers); US spelling: worshiper

«worshipper» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (church) A person who worships, who prays to and praises God or a god, especially in a church, mosque, synagogue or temple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/#m1)
2. A person who loves and admires someone or something very much, almost as if it were holy, like a sun worshipper or a hero worshipper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories and lessons about religion to mean the people at a service: worshippers fill the church, kneel, sing and pray. In everyday talk it is used playfully for great fans: a sun worshipper loves lying in the sun. Phrases: fellow worshippers, regular worshipper, sun worshipper, hero worship.

### Examples

- The worshippers stood up to sing the first hymn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/#x1)
- Hundreds of worshippers came to the cathedral at Christmas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/#x2)
- The mosque was full of worshippers on Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/#x3)
- Gran is a regular worshipper at St Mary's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/#x4)
- My aunt is a real sun worshipper and lies on the beach all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/#x5)
- The worshippers bowed their heads as the priest prayed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/#x6)
- Fellow worshippers brought food to the family after the funeral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/#x7)
- The elder brother was a devout worshipper of Ganesa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/#x8)

### Note

Countable: one worshipper, two worshippers. UK spelling doubles the p (worshipper); US often writes worshiper. The verb is worship (worships, worshipped, worshipping). Do not confuse worship (to praise God) with warship (a ship for war). Respectful word; it says nothing bad about the person.

## In Jewish tradition

A person who serves a god. Here it means followers of the idol Baal, whom Jehu tricked and destroyed.

**Interpretation.** Tradition treats this as a story about stamping out idol worship in Israel, and the Torah forbids serving any god but the One God.

### Examples

- And Jehu sent through all Israel; and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. (Prophets 2KI.10.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worshipper/#x1)
- And he said unto him that was over the vestry: 'Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal.' And he brought them forth vestments. (Prophets 2KI.10.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worshipper/#x2)

### Note

Countable: one worshipper, two worshippers. UK spelling doubles the p (worshipper); US often writes worshiper. The verb is worship (worships, worshipped, worshipping). Do not confuse worship (to praise God) with warship (a ship for war). Respectful word; it says nothing bad about the person.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «worshipper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «worshipper» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worshipper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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