Antonyms for lauds
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lawd |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɔd |
Definition of lauds
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French; morning Church service in which psalms of praise to God (Psalms 148-150) are sung (see laud).
- verb acclaim, praise
- You have a patient not very far away who lauds you to the skies.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- He condemns the vices of his own age, and lauds the old Romans: Praef.
- Extract from : « The Student's Companion to Latin Authors » by George Middleton
- Clarendon, passim, especially his summary of Lauds character.
- Extract from : « Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2 » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- He, with Ignatius and others, lauds celibacy as the holiest state.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Mediaeval Church » by Alexander Clarence Flick
- The mountains that divide the lauds they have passed o'er the crest.
- Extract from : « The Lay of the Cid » by R. Selden Rose
- One with lauds and beeves, with rents and consols, mark you?
- Extract from : « The Newcomes » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Perhaps he would be singing the lauds; may be those lauds, who knows?
- Extract from : « After the Divorce » by Grazia Deledda
- Lauds is proper to sunrise, but is mostly grouped with matins.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 » by Various
- That kind of faith which Dr. Wace describes and lauds is of no use here.
- Extract from : « Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions » by Thomas H. Huxley
- Then the Office of Matins was commenced, and it with Lauds occupied about one hour.
- Extract from : « Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth » by Anonymous
Synonyms for lauds
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