LAUD

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory. "Laud be to God." Shak. So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same. Tyndals.

2.
n.

A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the pl.

3.
n.

Music or singing in honor of any one.

4.
v.

To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol. With all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name. Book of Common Prayer.