Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To give praise to; glorify. synonym: praise.
- noun Praise; glorification.
- noun A hymn or song of praise.
- noun Ecclesiastical The service of prayers formerly following the matins and constituting with them the first of the seven canonical hours.
- noun The time appointed for this service.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Praise; commendation; honorable mention.
- noun That part of divine worship which consists in praise.
- noun Music or a song in praise or honor of any one.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory.
- noun A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the pl.
- noun Music or singing in honor of any one.
- intransitive verb To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun praise or
glorification - noun
hymn of praise - noun in plural a
prayer service followingmatins - verb transitive, intransitive to
praise , toglorify
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
Elizabeth Nicholas: There Goes Your Social Life Elizabeth Nicholas 2010
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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.
Elizabeth Nicholas: There Goes Your Social Life Elizabeth Nicholas 2010
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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.
Elizabeth Nicholas: There Goes Your Social Life Elizabeth Nicholas 2010
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The Span. ‘laud is larger and deeper than the guitar, and its seven strings are played upon with
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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
Fra Angelico J. B. Supino 1869
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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.
The Black Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1994
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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.
The Miracle Man 1909
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This form, as we shall see, was the immediate outgrowth of the "laud," but one of its ancestors was the open-air performances.
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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.
Joshing Politics 2008
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Razzies 'laud' 'Transformers' and Bullock photo: Public Domain/Petty Officer 1st Class Mark O'Donald
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oroboros commented on the word laud
Dual in reverse.
July 22, 2007
ofravens commented on the word laud
all earth his words do summon
leaps to laud such man's blood!
from "Ode for Ted," by Sylvia Plath
April 14, 2008