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adoration

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ad·o·ra·tion  (d-rshn)
n.
1. The act of worship.
2. Profound love or regard.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.adorationadoration - a feeling of profound love and admiration
love - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
2.adoration - the act of admiring strongly
admiration, appreciation - a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works"
glorification - the act of glorifying (as in worship); "the glorification of God"
3.adorationadoration - the worship given to God alone      
worship - the activity of worshipping

adoration
Translations
adoration [ædəˈreɪʃən] nadoración f
adoration [ædəˈreɪʃən] nVerehrung f


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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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