transitive verb. To give praise to; glorify. synonym: praise.

noun. Praise; glorification.

noun. A hymn or song of praise.

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noun. 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.

To praise in words; speak or sing in praise of; especially, to extol or praise highly: as, to laud one to the skies.

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.

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.

noun. praise or glorification

noun. hymn of praise

noun. a prayer service following matins

verb. to praise, to glorify

verb. praise, glorify, or honor

"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."

canonical hours  

lauded  lauding  

praise  

canonise  canonize  crack up  ensky  hymn  

Claud  Claude  Maud  Maude  Saud  

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Agnus Dei  Benedicite  Gloria  Gloria Patri  Gloria in Excelsis  

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