laud
to praise; extol.
a song or hymn of praise.
lauds, (used with a singular or plural verb)Ecclesiastical. a canonical hour, marked especially by psalms of praise, usually recited with matins.
Origin of laud
1Other words for laud
Opposites for laud
Other words from laud
- laud·er, lau·da·tor [law-dey-ter], /ˈlɔ deɪ tər/, noun
- o·ver·laud, verb (used with object)
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Other definitions for Laud (2 of 2)
William, 1573–1645, archbishop of Canterbury and opponent of Puritanism: executed for treason.
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How to use laud in a sentence
I have never met her, and I am inclined to laud her chivalry.
Pulp Nonfiction: India’s Shameful Failure to Defend Historian of Hinduism | Tunku Varadarajan | February 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDemocrats and Wall Street Republicans would laud Boehner as a hero while the right would run him out of town.
Iran, Yes. Congress, No. Obama Won’t Budge for Hardliners at Home | Eleanor Clift | September 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHolbrooke then used a Karzai visit to Washington in May to laud the Afghan leader with pomp, circumstance, and attention.
Richard Holbrooke's Last Mission in Afghanistan by David Rohde | David Rohde | November 26, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTAll the more reason to laud—or at least not pile on—evidence of action.
If the claims are indeed true this time, expect al Qaeda to laud its martyrs publicly.
Illustrius mult est id quod sequitur, & ad Barbaror sensum in Baptismi laud singulare.
He was the friend of laud, by whose influence he was promoted, and by whose fall he was a great sufferer.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe Long Parliament voted the canons illegal; laud was imprisoned, and in 1642 the bishops were excluded from parliament.
You find me, count, taking a professional and business-like survey of the laud that you promised to sell me.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton MerrimanIn the reign of king Charles I. archbishop laud put the king upon republishing this declaration, which was accordingly done.
The Book of Curiosities | I. Platts
British Dictionary definitions for laud (1 of 2)
/ (lɔːd) literary /
(tr) to praise or glorify
praise or glorification
Origin of laud
1Derived forms of laud
- lauder, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Laud (2 of 2)
/ (lɔːd) /
William. 1573–1645, English prelate; archbishop of Canterbury (1633–45). His persecution of Puritans and his High Church policies in England and Scotland were a cause of the Civil War; he was impeached by the Long Parliament (1640) and executed
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