worshipful
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Moon Unit Zappa’s memoir is a self-portrait of an insecure and often confused child, worshipful of her absent father, Frank Zappa, and thirsty for maternal affection.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024
They don’t have the same kind of worshipful attitude toward the people who, over many years, created Canada.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
On the one hand, those who have persevered for a decade verge on worshipful.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023
Stephen Fulton, 77, had been appointed worshipful grand master of Cookstown Loyal Orange Lodge Number 3, as revealed by the Sunday Life newspaper.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2023
The Yorks had a pleasantly comfortable home life, and Ronnie, overloved and overpraised by his parents and a worshipful younger sister, was the adored center of it.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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