lauds
Meaning of lauds
noun
- 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- 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:
Meaning praise enthusiastically:
Meaning hail falls:
Meaning show strong approval of (a person or action); praise:
Meaning praise enthusiastically and publicly:
Meaning praise formally or officially:
Meaning regard with respect or warm approval:
Meaning give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity:
Meaning praise highly in speech or writing:
Meaning praise or encourage with shouts:
Meaning honour or praise publicly:
Meaning greet (someone arriving) in a polite or friendly way:
Meaning make a formal salute to:
Meaning praise and worship (God):
Meaning think or speak very highly of (someone or something):
Meaning pay public respect to:
Meaning love and respect (someone) deeply:
Meaning feel deep respect or admiration for (something):
Meaning regard with great respect; revere:
Meaning admire, revere, or love greatly or excessively:
Meaning make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope:
Meaning speak or write in praise of; eulogize:
lauds antonyms
Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:
Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:
Anagrams of lauds
Aldus, duals, salud, sauld, udals
Words that rhyme with lauds
bauds, kilobauds, ribauds, scauds, dauds, gauds, hauds, uphauds, Lauds, applauds, belauds, blauds, mauds, crapauds, defrauds, frauds, marauds, yauds
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