Meanings
plural laudations
- countableuncountableThe act of lauding; high praise or commendation.
[…] his wondrous laudations and defendings of the unfriended Turner […]
1857, London Quarterly Review, volume 7, page 4982 more examples
We know that the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians had already used the responsive form, notably form A (refrain), in their laudations and supplications.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 21Thus, the myths of cinema and syndicated cartoon have served to unite the diverse races far more than the clump of the cricket-ball and the clipped rebukes and laudations of their masters.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinlaudatio
- Englishlaudation
Borrowed from Latin laudatio; compare Old English taudation. See laud.
More words from Latin
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Ancient Greek δοξολογία
- δοξολογία (doxología)act of lauding
Bulgarian хвалебствие, възхвала
- хвалебствие (hvalebstvie)act of lauding
- възхвала (văzhvala)act of lauding
Italian lode
- lodeact of lauding
Portuguese loa
- loaact of lauding
Spanish loa
- loaact of lauding
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