| Main Entry: | canonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify; idolize |
Synonyms: |
apotheosize, beatify, besaint, bless, consecrate, dedicate, deify, glorify, idolatrize, love, put on a pedestal, saint, worship |
| Main Entry: | glorify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | praise |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, bless, boost, build up, celebrate, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt, extol, hike, honor, hymn, laud, lionize, magnify, panegyrize, put on a pedestal, put up, sing the praises of |
Antonyms: |
castigate, condemn, criticize, debase, degrade |
| Main Entry: | idolize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think of very highly; worship |
Synonyms: |
admire, adore, apotheosize, bow down, canonize, deify, dote on, exalt, glorify, look up to, love, put on a pedestal, revere, reverence, venerate |
Antonyms: |
despise |
| Main Entry: | venerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revere |
Synonyms: |
admire, adore, apotheosize, appreciate, be in awe of, cherish, deify, esteem, exalt, hallow, hold in awe, honor, idolize, look up to, love, put on a pedestal, regard, respect, reverence, think highly of, treasure, value, worship |
| Main Entry: | worship |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | honor, glorify |
Synonyms: |
admire, adore, adulate, bow down to, canonize, celebrate, chant, deify, dote on, esteem, exalt, extol, idolize, laud, love, magnify, offer prayers to, pay homage to, praise, pray to, put on a pedestal, respect, revere, reverence, sanctify, sing, sing praises to, venerate |
Antonyms: |
dishonor, disrespect, hate |
| Main Entry: | idealize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | romanticize |
Synonyms: |
admire, dream, glorify, put on a pedestal, rhapsodize |
| Main Entry: | apotheosize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exalt |
Synonyms: |
aggrandize, apotheose, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, glorify, idealize, idolize, laud, put on a pedestal, worship |
| Concept: | Worship. |
| Category: | 4. Acts of religion |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation; kneeling, genuflection, prostration., prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy breathing; petition (request); collect, litany, Lord's prayer, paternoster; beadroll; latria, dulia, hyperdulia, vigils; revival; cult; anxious meeting, camp meeting; ebenezer, virginal., thanksgiving; giving thanks, returning thanks; grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna; hallelujah, allelujah; Te Deum, non nobis Domine, nunc dimittis; paean; benschen; Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus, The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion., psalm, psalmody; hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem, motet; antiphon, antiphony., oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation; burnt offering, heave offering, votive offering; offertory., discipline; self-discipline, self-examination, self-denial; fasting., divine service, office, duty; exercises; morning prayer; mass, matins, evensong, vespers; undernsong, tierce; holyday (rites)., worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant.
-verbs
worship, lift up the heart, aspire; revere; adore, do service, pay homage; humble oneself, kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee; fall down, fall on one's knees; prostrate oneself, bow down and worship., pray, invoke, supplicate; put up, offer up prayers, offer petitions; beseech (ask); say one's prayers, tell one's beads., return thanks, give thanks; say grace, bless, praise, laud, glorify, magnify, sing praises; give benediction, lead the choir, intone; deacon, deacon off [U.S.], propitiate, offer sacrifice, fast, deny oneself; vow, offer vows, give alms,, work out one's salvation; go to church; attend service, attend mass; communicate (rite).
-adjectives
worshipping; devout, devotional, reverent, pure, solemn; fervid (heartfelt).
-phrases
"making their lives a prayer" [Whitter]; ora et labora; "prayers ardent open heaven" [Young].
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