Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To give praise to; glorify. See Synonyms at praise.
- n. Praise; glorification.
- n. A hymn or song of praise.
- n. Ecclesiastical The service of prayers following the matins and constituting with them the first of the seven canonical hours.
- n. The time appointed for this service.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Praise; commendation; honorable mention.
- n. That part of divine worship which consists in praise.
- n. Music or a song in praise or honor of any one.
- n. plural In the Roman Catholic Church, and in the Anglican Ch. as a monastic or devotional office, a religious service, forming, in combination with matins, the first of the seven canonical hours: so called from the reiterated ascriptions of praise to God in the last of the psalms (cxlviii., cxlix., cl.) which it contains. The usage in the Greek church is similar. See canonical hours, under canonical.
- To praise in words; speak or sing in praise of; especially, to extol or praise highly: as, to laud one to the skies.
Wiktionary
- n. praise or glorification
- n. hymn of praise
- n. a prayer service following matins
- v. to praise, to glorify
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory.
- n. A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the pl.
- n. Music or singing in honor of any one.
- v. To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol.
WordNet 3.0
- v. praise, glorify, or honor
Etymologies
- Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudāre, from laus, laud-, praise.
Examples
“If what we as a society generally laud is the end result of ambition, the movie is fascinating for laying bare the ugly and insecure process to such a polished end product.”
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“The Span. ‘laud is larger and deeper than the guitar, and its seven strings are played upon with”
“Together with these verses of Dante, Fra Angelico, while endeavouring to depict the dance of the blessed, may well have called to mind these verses of a sacred laud, which is said to be by Iacopone da Todi and”
“After having sent one of M'laud's juniors up the hill with his tail on fire, the Senior Healer had evidently decided to teach his juniors about kestra-chern directly.”
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“Poured hot oil an 'laud'num into it, an' kept a hot brick rolled up in flannel against it, but didn't do no good.”
“This form, as we shall see, was the immediate outgrowth of the "laud," but one of its ancestors was the open-air performances.”
“The White House also joined in to "laud" the Senator for coming to Washington to help bailout the companies that put us in this mess in the first place.”
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ofravens all earth his words do summon
leaps to laud such man's blood!
from "Ode for Ted," by Sylvia Plath Apr 14, 2008
oroboros Dual in reverse. Jul 22, 2007