Meaning of Worshipful | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who is respected or distinguished.
   obsolete
2. A magistrate (specifically).
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“I was attended to the Guild-hall by the mayor, the chamberlain and ſome more worſhipfuls; but when I entered the grand magazine of imposition, I was prejudiced in favour of their modeſty in concealing of it—the floor being ſtrewed with fragments of obſolete records, cobwebs and ſpiders in all quarters, […]”

“Damn the worshipful lady, and all other worshipfuls! There’ll be no more worshipfuls here! I’ll give⟳ way to no one before my own⟳ shop⟳!”

“Again there are too many lawyers and doctors and priests and elders and bishops and cardinals and worshipfuls, and we shall now proclaim that the time has come⟳ for the wise to cast⟳ these idols to the moles and bats, […]”

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