adoration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adoration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for adoration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adoration n a feeling of profound love and admiration [syn: worship, adoration] the act of admiring strongly Synonym(s): adoration, idolization, idolisation the worship given to God alone Synonym(s): adoration, latria
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adoration \Ad`ora"tion\, n. [L. adoratio, fr. adorare: cf. F. adoration.] 1. The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god. The more immediate objects of popular adoration* amongst the heathens were deified human beings. --Farmer. 2. Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion. 3. A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave. [Pole] might have been chosen on the spot by adoration. --Froude.