Does nobody remember the Meneltarma, that place where Numenoreans went to worship Eru Iluvatar and to bury their kings. Worship does not have to mean what it connotes in the modern world. It is simply acknowledgement of a higher being or power and some display of reverence for that being. Countless times in JRR Tolkien's works, the people of Middle Earth praise the Valar and Eru, and whether there are religious ceremonies or simple praise in words, it still constitutes a form of worship.
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