laudation
noun/lɔːˈdeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin laudatio; compare Old English taudation. See laud.
1
The act of lauding; high praise or commendation.
- […] his wondrous laudations and defendings of the unfriended Turner […]1857, London Quarterly Review, volume 7, page 498:
- We know that the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians had already used the responsive form, notably form A (refrain), in their laudations and supplications.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 21:
1 more example
- Thus, the myths of cinema and syndicated cartoon have served to unite the diverse races far more than the clump of the cricket-ball and the clipped rebukes and laudations of their masters.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37:
- Derived terms
- overlaudation