laud
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
laud (plural lauds)
- praise or glorification
- hymn of praise
- (in plural, sometimes Lauds) a prayer service following matins
[edit] Translations
praise or glorification
hymn of praise
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[edit] Verb
laud (third-person singular simple present lauds, present participle lauding, simple past and past participle lauded)
- (transitive, intransitive) to praise, to glorify
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke I:
- And hys mought was opened immediatly, and hys tonge, and he spake lawdynge god.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke I:
[edit] Translations
to praise, to glorify
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- laud in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- laud in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- laud at OneLook Dictionary Search
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[edit] Estonian
[edit] Noun
laud (??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)
[edit] Declension
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[edit] Ilocano
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laud
[edit] Volapük
[edit] Noun
laud (plural lauds)
- lark (bird)