adoration

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Synonyms: adornation, adulation, admiration, avocation, oration, adjuration, duration, adoption, donation, adunation, advocation

Antonyms: adornation, adulation, admiration, avocation, oration, adjuration, duration, adoption, donation, adunation, advocation

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|worship}} {{lb|en|countable|religion}} An act of religious [[worship]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[admiration|Admiration]] or [[esteem]].
3. {{senseid|en|act}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of [[adoring]]; [[loving]] [[devotion]] or [[fascination]]; an intense [[love]] sometimes bordering on [[veneration]] or [[infatuation]].
4. {{lb|en|historical}} The selection of a [[pope]] by [[acclamation]] and before any [[formal]] [[ballot]] (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
5. {{lb|en|Christianity}} Worship of Christ in the [[Eucharistic]] [[host#Etymology_3|host]] in the [[Catholic Church]], often while exposed in a [[monstrance]].

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