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• n  a feeling of profound love and admiration
• n  the act of admiring strongly
• n  the worship given to God alone

• Cricket is India's national passion; Sehwag its latest object of hope and adoration.
• Princes William and Harry, both very much their mother's sons, command the same degree of public adoration Diana once knew.
• When the First Lady attended a country-music event in July without a single strand of hair falling below her jawline, the blogosphere exploded with outbursts ranging from adoration .

• worship
• idolization
• idolisation
• latria

News & Articles

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• Obama may face disenchanted Europeans on this trip
  President Obama, on his first visit to Europe in two years, may not find the same adoration he has enjoyed in the past.
  June 17, 2013 - Seattle Times
• Bonnie Lou gets a council salute
  It's official: Middletown City Council members have a 'sincere adoration and great appreciation' for country singer Bonnie Lou (Okum) from Channel 5's old 'Midwestern Hayride' and 'Paul Dixon Show.'
  June 16, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
• Glen Burnie Woman Tends To Abused Grandson
  Her expressions vary when she looks down at her 3-year-old grandson, Xzavier. Adoration. Sadness. Worry. Xzavier's face remains blank.
  June 15, 2013 - CBS Baltimore

Quotes

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• Paul Flynn in International Herald Tribune
  It's another foolish attempt to ape an American practice that is generally mocked,said Paul Flynn, a Labour Party member of Parliament from Wales. "This is part of a fascination with America. But the adoration of the national flag in...
• Mark Speight in Telegraph.co.uk
  You leave here with the adoration of those 7,000 children that emailed the BBC and who miss you today - sleep well in eternity, you have earned your rest,Mr Speight said.
• Atom Egoyan in WLNE-TV (ABC6)
  I'm thrilled to be working with Sony Pictures Classics on 'Adoration,'stated Egoyan. "Michael and Tom were vital in introducing my work to the US in the early nineties, and this will be a great opportunity to work together again. They're...