Definition of ADORATION

adoration

Meanings

Plural: adorations

Noun

  • a feeling of profound love and admiration
  • the act of admiring strongly
  • the worship given to God alone
  • An act of religious worship.
  • Admiration or esteem.
  • The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French adoration, from Latin adōrātiō, adōrātiōnem (“worship, adoration”), from adōrō (“beseech; adore, worship”), from ad (“to, towards”) + ōrō (“beg”).
From adore + -ation.

Antonyms

disdain

Scrabble Score: 10

adoration is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
adoration is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
adoration is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

adoration is a valid Words With Friends word