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adorer

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English

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Etymology

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From adore +‎ -er.

Noun

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adorer (plural adorers)

  1. Someone who adores.
    1. Someone who worships.
      • 1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226,[1]
        But the houre commeth, and now it is, when the true adorers shal adore the Father in spirit and veritie.
      • 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC, lines 140-143:
        [] I in one Night freed / From servitude inglorious welnigh half / Th’ Angelic Name, and thinner left the throng / Of his adorers []
      • 1798, Thomas Paine, Atheism Refuted[2], London: J. Johnson, page 17:
        All men in the outset of the religion they profess are adorers of a God, and friends of man.
      Synonyms: devotee, worshipper
    2. Someone who has a deep admiration, fondness or love (of someone or something).
      Synonym: admirer

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From Ador +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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adorer (feminine adorera, masculine plural adorers, feminine plural adoreres)

  1. of, from or relating to Ador, Valencia, Spain

Noun

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adorer m (plural adorers, feminine adorera)

  1. native or inhabitant of Ador, Valencia, Spain (male or of unspecified gender)

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French adorer, borrowed from Latin adōrāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.dɔ.ʁe/
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Verb

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adorer

  1. to love, to adore
  2. (religion) to worship

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: adore

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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adōrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adōrō

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin adōrō, adōrāre. Doublet of aorer. The -d- was re-introduced from influence from Ecclesiastical Latin.

Verb

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adorer

  1. (chiefly Christianity) to praise (usually God)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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