Adoration meaning

ăd'ə-rā'shən
Great love, devotion, and respect.
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The definition of adoration is strong admiration or devotion.

The love a husband feels for his wife when they are married is an example of adoration.

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Profound love or regard.
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(uncountable) Admiration or esteem.
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A worshiping or paying homage, as to a divinity.
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(countable) An act of religious worship.
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(uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.
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The act of worship.
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Origin of adoration

From Middle French adoration, from Latin adōrātiō (“worship, adoration”), from adōrō (“beseech; adore, worship”), from ad (“to, towards”) + ōrō (“beg”).

Sentence Examples

  • What if she looked upon him as his mother had his father, with adoration and love?

  • His love to God as his Father was a passionate adoration which filled his whole heart.

  • Worshipping and Adoration as well of Images as of Reliques.

  • He appreciated the adoration Jonathan bestowed on him.

  • The doctrine of transubstantiation was defined by the Lateran Council in 1215, and shortly afterwards the elevation and adoration of the Host were formally enjoined.

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