礼拝する
解説 Definition
worshiping は worship（礼拝する、崇拝する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。神や宗教的対象に祈りをささげる行為を述べるときに使われ、worshipping というつづりもあります。
Worshiping is the present-participle or gerund form of worship and refers to showing reverence or devotion to a deity or sacred object, often through prayer, ritual, or a religious service. It may describe an ongoing act or the activity generally.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
worshiping は worship の現在分詞・動名詞で、米式では p を重ねず worship＋-ing、英式では worshipping とも綴ります。発音は /ˈwɜːrʃɪpɪŋ/。worship at a church、worship with the community のように、神聖な対象へ祈りや敬意をささげる場面と結び付けて覚えましょう。
Start with worship, meaning to honor a deity or sacred being through prayer, ritual, or devotion. Worshiping is the common American spelling of the -ing form; worshipping, with a doubled p, is also standard and is especially common in British English. Both are pronounced with the same /pɪŋ/ ending. Connect the word with scenes such as worshiping at a church, worshiping quietly in a temple, or worshiping with a community. The historical link between worship and worth reinforces the central idea: treating someone or something as worthy of the highest reverence.
例文
The family was worshiping at a small church.
その家族は小さな教会で礼拝していました。
Many people were worshiping quietly in the temple.
多くの人々が寺院で静かに礼拝していました。
They spent the morning worshiping with their community.
彼らは午前中を地域の人々と礼拝して過ごしました。
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worshiping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
worshiping は worship + -ing です。worship は古英語 weorðscipe に由来し、worth「価値・ふさわしさ」+ -ship「状態」から成るため、本来は「価値あるものとして敬うこと」を表しました。だから「礼拝する」は、神聖な存在に最高の価値を認めて敬意を示す語です。関連語は worth, worshipper。
Worshiping is formed from worship plus -ing; worshipping is a common alternative spelling. Worship comes from Old English weorðscipe, composed of a form related to worth and the suffix -ship, and originally conveyed worthiness, honor, or distinction. Its meaning later narrowed toward reverence offered to a divine being. The modern participle describes the act of expressing that religious honor through prayer, ritual, or communal observance.
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