Lauds

Meaning of Lauds

noun
  1. a service of morning prayer in the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, traditionally said or chanted at daybreak, though historically it was often held with matins on the previous night.
    from the abbey church we could hear the faint chanting of lauds

Middle English: from the frequent use, in Psalms 148–150, of the Latin imperative laudate! ‘praise ye!’ (see also laud).

verb, 3rd person present
  1. praise (a person or their achievements) highly.
    the obituary lauded him as a great statesman and soldier

late Middle English: the noun from Old French laude, the verb from Latin laudare, both from Latin laus, laud- ‘praise’ (see also lauds).

Information about Lauds

  • The singular form of Lauds is: Laud.
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Hyphenation of Lauds

Lauds

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • Lauds is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Lauds synonyms

Meaning express warm approval or admiration of:

praise

Meaning praise enthusiastically:

extol

Meaning hail falls:

hail

Meaning show strong approval of (a person or action); praise:

applaud

Meaning praise enthusiastically and publicly:

acclaim

Meaning praise formally or officially:

commend

Meaning regard with respect or warm approval:

admire

Meaning give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity:

lionize

Meaning praise highly in speech or writing:

eulogize

Meaning praise or encourage with shouts:

cheer

Meaning honour or praise publicly:

celebrate

Meaning greet (someone arriving) in a polite or friendly way:

welcome

Meaning make a formal salute to:

salute

Meaning praise and worship (God):

glorify

Meaning think or speak very highly of (someone or something):

exalt

Meaning pay public respect to:

honour

Meaning love and respect (someone) deeply:

adore

Meaning feel deep respect or admiration for (something):

revere

Meaning regard with great respect; revere:

venerate

Meaning admire, revere, or love greatly or excessively:

idolize

Meaning make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope:

magnify

Meaning speak or write in praise of; eulogize:

panegyrize

Lauds antonyms

Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:

condemn

Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:

criticize

Anagrams of Lauds

Aldus, duals, salud, sauld, udals

Words that rhyme with Lauds

bauds, kilobauds, ribauds, scauds, dauds, gauds, hauds, uphauds, applauds, belauds, blauds, lauds, mauds, crapauds, defrauds, frauds, marauds, yauds

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