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| <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Worship''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Worship this link].</center> | | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Worship''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Worship this link].</center> |
− | '''Worship''' usually refers to specific acts of [[religion|religious]] devotion, typically directed to one or more [[deity|deities]]. It is the informal term in English for what [[Sociology|sociologists]] call a ''[[cult|cultus]]'', the body of practices and traditions that correspond to a [[religion]]. | + | '''Worship''' usually refers to specific acts of [[religion|religious]] devotion, typically directed to one or more [[deity|deities]]. It is the informal term in [[English]] for what [[Sociology|sociologists]] call a ''[[cult|cultus]]'', the [[body]] of [[practice]]s and [[tradition]]s that correspond to a [[religion]]. |
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− | Religious worship may be performed individually, within informal groups, or as part of a formal meeting. It occurs in a variety of locations including houses, in rented venues, outdoors, or in buildings specially constructed for the purpose, referred to as a place of worship. Most religions place an emphasis on regular worship and many organise meetings for this purpose at frequent intervals (often weekly). | + | Religious worship may be performed [[individual]]ly, within informal groups, or as part of a [[formal]] meeting. It occurs in a variety of locations including houses, in rented venues, outdoors, or in buildings specially constructed for the [[purpose]], referred to as a place of worship. Most religions place an emphasis on regular worship and many organise meetings for this purpose at frequent intervals (often weekly). |
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− | In its older sense in the [[English]] language of ''worthiness'' or ''respect'' (Anglo-Saxon ''worthscripe''), ''worship'' may sometimes refer to actions directed at members of higher social classes (such as lords or monarchs) or to particularly esteemed persons (such as a [[Romance|lover]]). | + | In its older sense in the [[English]] language of ''worthiness'' or ''respect'' (Anglo-Saxon ''worthscripe''), ''worship'' may sometimes refer to actions directed at members of higher social classes (such as lords or monarchs) or to particularly esteemed [[person]]s (such as a [[Romance|lover]]). |
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| *"True worship, in the last analysis, becomes an experience realized on many cosmic levels: | | *"True worship, in the last analysis, becomes an experience realized on many cosmic levels: |