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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adoration \Ad`o*ra"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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adoration n 1: a feeling of profound love and admiration [syn: {worship}] 2: the act of admiring strongly [syn: {adulation}, {idolization}, {idolisation}] 3: worship given to God alone [syn: {latria}]
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