adoration

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
  • Hyphenation: ad‧o‧ra‧tion

Noun

adoration (countable and uncountable, plural adorations)

  2. (countable, religion) An act of religious worship.
  3. (uncountable) Admiration or esteem.
  5. (uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.
  6. (historical) The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
  7. (Christianity) Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adōrātiōnem (“worship, adoration”), from adōrō (“beseech; adore, worship”), from ad (“to, towards”) + ōrō (“beg”).

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Noun

adoration f (plural adorations)

  1. adoration
  2. (religion) adoration

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