worshipping
礼拝する
解説 Definition
worshipping は worship（礼拝する、崇拝する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。主に神や宗教的な対象に敬意を表して祈ることを指し、イギリス英語でよく使われるつづりです。
Worshipping is the British spelling of the present participle and gerund of worship. It describes showing deep religious reverence through prayer, ceremony, or devotion, usually toward a god or other sacred object.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形worship「礼拝する・崇拝する」に-ingを付けた形。イギリス英語では語末pを重ねてworshipping、アメリカ英語ではworshipingも一般的で、発音は同じ。worshipping at a temple、worshipping togetherのように、神聖な対象へ祈りと敬意を示す行為を表す。
Begin with worship, meaning to honor a god or sacred being with prayer, devotion, or ceremony. In British English, the final p is commonly doubled before -ing, giving worshipping; American English often writes worshiping with one p. Both forms have the same pronunciation and meaning. Link the word with typical settings and patterns: worshipping in a chapel, worshipping at a temple, or worshipping together as a community. The older parts behind worship are related to worth and a suffix meaning a state or condition, which helps preserve the idea of showing profound honor.
例文
They were worshipping quietly in the small chapel.
彼らは小さな礼拝堂で静かに礼拝していました。
Worshipping together is important in their community.
一緒に礼拝することは彼らの共同体で大切にされています。
The visitors saw people worshipping at the temple.
訪問者たちは寺院で人々が礼拝しているのを見ました。
worshipping の類義語・関連語
worshipping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語のweorðscipeに由来し、「価値」のweorðと状態を示す接尾辞-scipeから成ります。本来は「価値ある状態・敬意」を意味し、後に神仏や高位の者へ向ける崇敬へ意味が変化しました。同根語にworth（価値）やworshipful（尊崇すべき）があります。
Worshipping is the -ing form of worship, with the final p doubled in the usual British spelling; American English commonly uses worshiping. Worship comes from Old English weorðscipe, combining weorð, “worth” or “value,” with -scipe, an ancestor of the modern suffix -ship. The noun originally referred broadly to worth, honor, or respect. Its meaning gradually became especially associated with reverence directed toward God, a deity, or another sacred object.
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