adoration
/ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ noun C1- An act of religious worship.
- Admiration or esteem.
- The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination; an intense love sometimes bordering on veneration or infatuation. · Because of Gerald's adoration for Katie, he was blind to her flaws.
- The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
- Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.
Plural adorations
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The rapture of Lydia on this occasion, her adoration of Mrs.
But you see that the angel whom you hoped for has left this earth—she has nothing more to do with the adoration of men.
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