Laud

laud
    v 1: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's
         children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: {laud},
         {extol}, {exalt}, {glorify}, {proclaim}]
    

Laud \Laud\, n. [L. laus, laudis. See {Laud}, v. i.]
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   1. High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory. "Laud
      be to God." --Shak.
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            So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same.
                                                  --Tyndals.
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   2. A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; --
      usually in the pl.
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   Note: In the Roman Catholic Church, the prayers used at
         daybreak, between those of matins and prime, are called
         lauds.
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   3. Music or singing in honor of any one.
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Laud \Laud\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lauded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Lauding}.] [L. laudare, fr. laus, laudis, praise. Cf.
   {Allow}.]
   To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to
   celebrate; to extol.
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         With all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy
         glorious name.                           --Book of
                                                  Common Prayer.
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114 Moby Thesaurus words for "laud":
      Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis,
      Introit, Magnificat, Miserere, Nunc Dimittis, Te Deum, Trisagion,
      Vedic hymn, acclaim, accolade, admire, adore, adulate, adulation,
      advance, alleluia, answer, anthem, antiphon, antiphony, apotheosis,
      apotheosize, belaud, bepraise, bepraisement, bless, bless the Lord,
      blow up, boast of, brag about, canticle, celebrate, chant, chorale,
      commend, congratulation, cry up, deification, deify, doxologize,
      doxology, eloge, emblazon, encomium, eulogium, eulogize, eulogy,
      exalt, exaltation, excessive praise, extol, flatter, flattery,
      glorification, glorify, glorify the Lord, glory, hallelujah,
      hero worship, hero-worship, homage, hommage, honor, hosanna, hymn,
      hymn of praise, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, idolatry, idolize,
      idolizing, kudos, laudation, lionize, lionizing, magnification,
      magnify, make much of, mantra, meed of praise, motet, offertory,
      offertory sentence, overpraise, paean, panegyric, panegyrize,
      pay tribute, porter aux nues, praise, praise God, promote, psalm,
      psalmody, puff, puff up, recommend, report, response, responsory,
      revere, reverence, salute, sing praises, tribute, trumpet,
      venerate, versicle, worship