Laud Meaning
/lɔːd/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounGlorification or praise.
nounHymn of praise.
Sentence Examples
The mayor rose to laud the bravery of the firefighters.
Critics continue to laud the director's latest masterpiece.
Critics began to laud the new play's brilliant writing.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The critics will ____ the new film for its powerful story and acting.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The mayor was quick to ____ the heroic actions of the local fire department during the emergency yesterday.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"So doo vvell and thou ſhalt have laude of the ſame (that is to ſaye of the ruler) […]"
— 1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), William Tyndale, “The Obedience of Subiectes vnto Kynges Princes and Rulers. The .XIIJ. Chapter of Paul Rom.”, in The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten], →OCLC, folio xxxiij, verso:
"Laud be to God"
— c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
"And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys tonge / and he ſpake lawdynge god."
— 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke j:[64], folio lxxiij, verso:
"The most recognised and lauded dictionary of Indian English today is Yule and Burnell’s Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms; Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, first published in 1886 and updated by William Crooke in 1903."
— 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 485:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The critics will ____ the new film for its powerful story and acting.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The mayor was quick to ____ the heroic actions of the local fire department during the emergency yesterday.