lauds

/ (lɔːdz) /

noun

(functioning as singular or plural) mainly RC Church the traditional morning prayer of the Western Church, constituting with matins the first of the seven canonical hours

Origin of lauds

C14: see laud

Words Nearby lauds

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How to use lauds in a sentence

Zawahiri lauds the success of al Qaeda in Syria and Iraq in contrast.
Al Qaeda Comeback | Bruce Riedel | April 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Defense minister thanks U.S. and lauds Israeli achievements: "No other army in any country in the world has a system like it."
Seeking 'Peace And Quiet' In Israel | Orly Halpern | November 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Yet those members of the cognitive elite that Murray lauds certainly know better.
Charles Murray’s ‘Coming Apart’ and the Culture Myth | Ralph Richard Banks | February 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
He lauds the push for stricter regulations on interstate commerce and a range of effective compromises.
How'd Obama Do at the G-20? | The Daily Beast | April 3, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
Orthros, or′thros, n. one of the Greek canonical hours, corresponding to the Western lauds.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various

He asked them how long it would be before the brethren would be awakened for nocturnal lauds.
Curiosities of Christian History | Croake James
On Sundays, at the conclusion of lauds, the hebdomadarian gave the blessing to the outgoing and incoming weekly servers.
English Monastic Life | Abbot Gasquet
At the conclusion of Matins he received back his lantern, and going out from the choir rang the bells for lauds.
English Monastic Life | Abbot Gasquet
It would, therefore, have been probably somewhere about one oclock in the morning that lauds usually began.
English Monastic Life | Abbot Gasquet

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