adoration

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: ad‧o‧ra‧tion === Noun === adoration (countable and uncountable, plural adorations) (countable, religion) An act of religious worship. (uncountable) Admiration or esteem. (uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination. (historical) The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV). (Christianity) Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance. ==== Antonyms ==== disdain ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== adorational ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adōrātiōnem (“worship, adoration”), from adōrō (“beseech; adore, worship”), from ad (“to, towards”) + ōrō (“beg”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ Homophone: adorations Hyphenation: ado‧ra‧tion === Noun === adoration f (plural adorations) adoration (religion) adoration ==== Related terms ==== adorer === Further reading === “adoration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012