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adoration Definition

ado·ra·tion (ad′ə rās̸hən)

noun

  1. a worshiping or paying homage, as to a divinity
  2. great love, devotion, and respect

Etymology: Fr < L adoratio

adoration Synonyms

adoration

n.

  1. Worship

    devotion, homage, veneration; see worship 1.

  2. Love

    ardor, affection, devotion; see love 1.

adoration Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • Magi: In the south aisle there is a copy of the Adoration of the Magi by Rubens which is in Kings College Chapel.
  • sacrament: The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament " To speak of the Blessed Sacrament is to speak of what is most sacred.
  • shepherd: Above, the Adoration of the shepherds, with the Annunciation cut off to the left ( oops ).
  • man: He refused the riches of this world, and the adoration of men, that God did not provide.
  • audience: A natural live performer, she seemed to glow in the adoration of a receptive audience.
  • king: Rejoice, boast of men and adoration of kings!

Converse of object

  • note: The Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Please note that Adoration resumes on Monday 11th April.
  • receive: As Lagerfeld himself observed, you no longer have to be a rock star to attract too much attention and receive such blatant adoration.
  • show: The panel showing the Adoration of the Magi was installed in 1884.
  • have: The procession will go in the front of the Church, where we will have Adoration, prayer, intercession & hymns.
  • depict: Apparently when they came to the Basilica in Bethlehem they refused to destroy it because of a mosaic depicting the adoration of the Magi.
  • pledge: And, for millennia, real legendary lovers have pledged adoration in the sun and shade of these slopes.

Preposition: for

  • year: One of them was my very first teacher at the Chaguanas government school; I remembered her with adoration for years.

Adjective modifier

  • Eucharistic: We will not give the history of Eucharistic adoration here.
  • perpetual: Here I can daily meet our Lord at our chapel of perpetual adoration.
  • humble: Is it too much for the faithful to kneel in humble adoration?
  • silent: Their lyrics move us to worship in silent adoration or to shout in joyful proclamation of the One who came to save us.
  • cheap: Iris ______________ Trying to fill my loneliness with cheap adoration, but everytime it leaves me more lonely then I ever was before.
  • such: Did I not look at you with such adoration that you wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of your life with me?

Modifies a noun

  • look: Here we focus on the ' adoration look ' .
adoration Quotes

It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea: Listen! the mighty being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunderöeverlastingly.

—Wordsworth,William

For seasons change, And order, truth, and beauty range, Adjust, attract, and fill: The grass the polyanthus cheques; And polished porphyry reflects, By the descending rill.

—Smart, Christopher

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