The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed, Specifically, the reverence and homage which is or ought to be paid to God or a deity; adoration, sacrifice, praise, prayer, thanksgiving, or other devotional acts performed in honor of the Supreme Being or a god, and as part of religion, Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station, verb_ show devotion to (a deity), attend religious services, love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol, transitive verb_ To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate, intransitive verb_ To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service, To participate in religious rites of worship, To honor and love as a deity

An act of giving thanks; an expression of gratitude, especially to God, The act of rendering thanks or of expressing gratitude for favors, benefits, or mercies; an acknowledgment of benefits received_ used in the Old Testament for acknowledgment by the act of offering, a short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction

the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)