Adoration Definition

ădə-rāshən
noun
The act of worship.
American Heritage
A worshiping or paying homage, as to a divinity.
Webster's New World
Profound love or regard.
American Heritage
Great love, devotion, and respect.
Webster's New World

(countable) An act of religious worship.

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Other Word Forms of Adoration

Noun

Singular:
adoration
Plural:
adorations

Origin of Adoration

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

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Adoration 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.

  • 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.

  • Apparently when they came to the Basilica in Bethlehem they refused to destroy it because of a mosaic depicting the adoration of the Magi.

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Words Starting With

AADADO

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With A and Ending With N

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