[Kolokotronis]

"wor·ship ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wûrshp)
n.

The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.
The ceremonies, prayers, or other religious forms by which this love is expressed."

English is such a lousy language for religion.

[sassbox]

indeed. if words like "latria" "dulia" and "hyperdulia" were part of our common vocabulary, there wouldn't be so much confusion about Catholics "worshipping" Mary, statues, or anything but the Triune God.

[NeoCaveman]

English is such a lousy language for religion.

Now there is something that Catholics (who know their stuff) and Eastern Orthodox can agree.

[Aquinasfan]

English is such a lousy language for religion.

Another example is the problematic word, pray. Years ago, the word pray meant "to ask." Now it connotes worship as much as anything.

When Catholics say, "we pray to the saints," what we are saying is that we are asking the saints to pray for us, "to ask God" for us, just as we ask fellow Christians "to ask God for us" here below.