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

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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

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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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