| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  lôd |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: laud·ed, laud·ing, lauds
To give praise to; glorify. See synonyms at praise. | | NOUN: | 1. Praise; glorification. 2. A hymn or song of praise. 3. lauds also Lauds (used with a sing. or pl. verb) a. Ecclesiastical The service of prayers following the matins and constituting with them the first of the seven canonical hours. b. The time appointed for this service. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laud re, from laus, laud-, praise. | | OTHER FORMS: | laud er —NOUN
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