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ADORATION
adoration, latria
(noun) the worship given to God alone
adoration, idolization, idolisation
(noun) the act of admiring strongly
worship, adoration
(noun) a feeling of profound love and admiration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
adoration (countable and uncountable, plural adorations)
(countable) An act of religious worship.
(uncountable) Admiration or esteem.
(uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.
(historical) The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
Antonyms
• disdain
Source: Wiktionary
Ad`o*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. adoratio, fr. adorare: cf. F. adoration.]
1. The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god. The more immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings. Farmer.
2. Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.
3. A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave. [Pole] might have been chosen on the spot by adoration. Froude.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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