• WORSHIP

1. v. venerari: adorare (the latter, the stronger; both with the addition ut deum, when the object is a person; Vid: Suet., Vit., 2): colere (deos, in deorum numero; by formal rites, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) venerari et colere: aliquem admirari, colere, colere et observare (to admire greatly, esteem highly). Proverbially. To worship the rising sun, (semper) ad id, unde aliquis flatus ostenditur, vela dare (Cic., De Or., 2, 44, 187): ☞ adorare not in Cic.

2. s. veneratio: adoratio (act of worshipping, by prayer or other such homage): cultus (by sacrifices). Divine worship, Dei cultus; divinus cultus (general term): res divinae (things relating to the Deity): sacra, -orum, neuter (everything which pertains to external worship, sacrifice, etc.): to celebrate divine worship, sacra procurare: sacris operari: res divinas rite perpetrare: to be present at divine worship, rebus divinis interesse (of the priest): sacris adesse (of the people; Vid: “to be PRESENT”): pertaining to divine worship, *ad Dei cultum (or ad res divinas, or ad sacra) pertinens: your worship (as a title), reverentia vestra (after Plin., Paneg., 95, 6).