adoration

[In Fr. adoration; Ital. a dor azione, from Lat. a do ratio =praying to: ad = to; oratio = speaking, an oration oro = to speak, to pray; os, gen it. or is the mouth.] A. Ordinary Language: I. The act of adoring. 1. Worship : The expre ion, by means of some visible symbol, of intense veneration for the true or for a false God. Kneeling, bowing, uncovering the head, maintaining silence during divine service, prayer, and praise, are all acts of adoration. .. a hero of worth immeasurable; admiration for whom [Odin), transcending the known bounds, became ador adoration "-Carlyle: Heroes & Hero- Hero-Worship, Lect. I. 2. The expre ion of intense veneration for some earthly being or other creature, without however, mistaking such a being for a divinity. "How much more, Poured forth by beauty splendid and and polite, In language soft as adoration breathes. Cowper: Task, ii. 495. IL The state of being adored. "And when the One, ineffable of name, In nature indivisible, withdrew From mortal adoration or regard." Words worth: Excursion, bk, iv. B. Technically : The election of a Pope by adoration means that the cardinals, as if suddenly po e ed in common by a divine impulse, rush hastily to some one, and declare him pope.