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adoration [ˌædəˈreɪʃən] n
1. deep love or esteem 2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the act of worshipping ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
adoration noun love, honour, worship, worshipping, esteem, admiration, reverence, estimation, exaltation, veneration, glorification, idolatry, idolization He had been used to female adoration all his life. Translations adoration n (of God) → Anbetung f (of family, wife) → grenzenlose Liebe (of für) (inf, of French, whisky etc) → Liebe f → (of für) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Indeed, his passionate adoration of the Emperor was even stronger: he wished to sacrifice something--everything, even himself--to prove his complete devotion. This public exhibition of the tulip was an act of adoration rendered by an entire nation, unlettered and unrefined, to the refinement and culture of its illustrious and devout leaders, whose blood had stained the foul pavement of the Buytenhof, reserving the right at a future day to inscribe the names of its victims upon the highest stone of the Dutch Pantheon. Then will thy soul thrill with divine desires; and there will be adoration even in thy vanity! |
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