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Lauding

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laud

  [lawd]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to praise; extol.
–noun
2. a song or hymn of praise.
3. lauds, (used with a singular or plural verb) Ecclesiastical. a canonical hour, marked esp. by psalms of praise, usually recited with matins.
Origin:
1300–50; (v.) ME lauden < L laudāre to praise, deriv. of laus (s. laud-) praise; (n.) ME laude, back formation from laudes (pl.) < LL, special use of pl. of L laus praise

Related forms:
lauder, lau⋅da⋅tor  [law-dey-ter] , noun

Synonyms:
1. applaud, honor.

Antonyms:
1. censure.
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laud   (lôd)   
tr.v.   laud·ed, laud·ing, lauds
To give praise to; glorify. See Synonyms at praise.
n.  

  1. Praise; glorification.

  2. A hymn or song of praise.

  3. lauds also Lauds (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

    1. Ecclesiastical The service of prayers following the matins and constituting with them the first of the seven canonical hours.

    2. The time appointed for this service.


[Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudāre, from laus, laud-, praise.]
laud'er n.
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Word Origin & History

laud  (v.)
1377, from O.Fr. lauder, from L. laudere "to praise," from laus (gen. laudis) "praise, fame glory." Cognate with O.E. leoð "song, poem, hymn," from P.Gmc. *leuthan (cf. O.N. ljoð "strophe," Ger. Leid "song," Goth. liuþon "to praise"). Lauds (c.1340, from O.Fr.) is the morning Church service in which psalms of praise to God (Psalms 148-150) are sung. Laudable first recorded c.1420.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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