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adoration

adoration

7 6.4
Deep love and worship given to God in a religion
  • noun
  • /ˌæd.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
translation icon : adoración
  • This convent has had perpetual adoration for centuries.

What we're looking at is the most beautiful oil painting on loan to us by the Getty Museum, California, showing the adoration of the Magi.

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Examples

  • Donors are also represented on their knees, their hands joined in adoration.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The bishop was careful to state that Catholics "owe adoration only to God."

    Academic text (2009)

  • God does not want just our actions; He wants our love, adoration, and praise.

    Blog text (9)

  • I have started wearing a chapel cap to adoration as a way to sort of ease into the practice.

    Blog text (25)

  • A couple of parishes back, we had weekly adoration from 9 AM to midnight on Fridays.

    Blog text (29)

  • I went to our church's Perpetual Adoration Chapel last night; it was packed.

    Blog text (6)

  • Ours was designed to be a life of servitude and worship and bowing and scraping and adoration.

    Dogma (1999)

  • The faithful gathered in the cathedral for a time of adoration to express their reverence to God.

  • During the church service, the congregation paused in adoration to honor the divine presence.

  • Many believers practice adoration as a form of worship, dedicating time to prayer and reflection.

Synonyms

praise
vsadoration
75 3.9

Words or actions showing respect for a god

is broader emotional and ritual devotion that goes beyond mere words or acts
reverence
vsadoration
35 6.3

A deep feeling of respect and awe for someone or something

is an active form of religious worship and service rather than only feeling
devotion
vsadoration
22 4.6

Deep religious faith and commitment to God

is more about an intense act of worship and immediate honoring feeling
veneration
vsadoration
  • Formal
4 7.8

Strong respect for someone or something, often shown in a religious way

is stronger, focused specifically on highest divine worth rather than broad honor
latria
vsadoration
  • Specialized
9.9

Worship given only to God, not to saints

is general religious feeling and practice showing deep respect toward the deity

Antonyms

hatred
394 1.9

A very strong dislike that can make a person want to hurt others

disrespect
133 3.4

Rude behavior or words that show a lack of respect for someone

How Reverent

worship
143 3.4
adoration
7 6.4
veneration
  • Formal
4 7.8
reverence
35 6.3
respect
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

adoration singular
adorations plural

Morphology

adoration = adore (transparent) = adore + ation

Derived from 'adore' with '-ation'; the religious sense is a domain-specific extension but still directly linked to 'adore'.

Etymology

Adoration comes from Latin adore, made of ad- 'to' and orare 'to pray', and it originally meant 'to pray to' someone or something. That's why adoration today often means worship or deep reverence for God.