adorev.

Brit.

/əˈdɔː/, U.S.

/əˈdɔr/

Forms:

α. Middle English aoure, Middle English aouri, Middle English aure.

β. Middle English adhoure, Middle English adour, Middle English adoure, Middle English adowre, 1500s– adore; also Scottish pre-1700 adoir, pre-1700 adoure.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aurer, adorer; Latin adōrāre.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French aurer, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French aorer, aourer, Anglo-Norman adhourer , Anglo-Norman and Middle French adourer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French adorer (transitive) to worship (God) (c1100), to admire or venerate (a person), to love (a person) passionately (late 12th cent.), to elect (a pope) by adoration (1605 in the passage translated in quot. 1605 at sense 5), (intransitive) to pray (first half of the 12th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin adōrāre to plead with, appeal to, address, to plead, to beg, entreat, to pray to, worship, to do homage or obeisance to, to reverence, to marvel at, admire, to salute, greet, in post-classical Latin also to elect (a pope) by adoration (1673 or earlier) < ad- ad- prefix + ōrāre orate v. Compare Old Occitan adorar , Catalan adorar (12th cent.), Spanish adorar (12th cent.), Portuguese adorar (13th cent.), Italian adorar (13th cent.). Compare earlier anoure v.In sense 4 apparently by confusion with adorn v. (in quot. 1596 perhaps showing deliberate dissimilation from the adjacent word morne ); compare anoure v. and anorn v.

a. transitive. To worship or venerate as (or as if) God or a god.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)]

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c1300 St. Katherine (Harl.) l. 32 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S.-Eng. Legendary (1956) 534 (MED) Þat maide preouede also Þat here godes noþing nere þat hi aourede [perh. read anourede; c1300 Laud anoureden] hem to.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 135 (MED) Þou wilt..lyerni god to bidde and to aouri ariȝt.

c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 477 Noon oother god sholde adoured [c1415 Corpus Oxf. honoured] be.

c1425 Castle of Love (Egerton) (1967) l. 561 Thi God sal thou adoure.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 268/1 He was adoured and worshyped of all the peple as a god.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Di My father..Spake to the Gods, and tholly sterre adored.

1580 J. Hay in Catholic Tractates (1901) 59 That we adore ane peace bread for God.

1611 Bible (King James) Bel & Dragon 4 The king worshipped it, and went daily to adore it.

1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 18 We may worship them in their Pictures—though wee may not Adore the Pictures themselues.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 200 As Kings shall crown them, or as Gods adore.

1746 C. Wesley Hymns Lord's Resurrection (ed. 2) Your Lord and King adore.

1825 J. Montgomery Christian Psalmist v. 441 Stand up and bless the Lord, The Lord your God adore.

1863 J. S. B. Monsell Hymns Love & Praise 103 Kneel and adore Him, the Lord is His Name!

1936 E. Underhill Worship x. 197 We find God recognized and adored..as the Numen, the Eternal One, the utterly Transcendent.

1964 Jrnl. Philos. 61 22 He was an atheist regarding the gods of power..which the right believers of all the world petition and adore.

2009 in C. Caldwell Refl. Revol. Europe x. 290 Islam can accept no one who does not adore Allah.

b. transitive. To venerate or display reverence towards (an object) as an indication of respect towards or worship of the person, god, etc., connected with or represented by the object; spec. (chiefly Roman Catholic Church) to venerate (the host, a sacred object, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > other practices > carry out other practices [verb (transitive)] > kneel or bow > reverence person by visible token

adorec1540

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vi. xv. f. lxxv^v/2 Thir tithingis diuulgat in the cuntre causit the kyng of Pichtis & his pepyll to cum with riche offerandis out of all partis to adore the reliquies of y^e haly appostyll sanct Andro.

1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 46 This auctor,..could not but se that adoryng of the Sacrament signifieth the presence of the body of Christ to be adored.

1582 Bible (Rheims) Heb. xi. 22 By faith Iacob dying, blessed euery one of the sonnes of Ioseph; and adored the toppe of his rodde.

1626 L. Owen Running Reg. 10 Dare you (Artolaters) adore a peece of Bread, for the liuing God?

1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 441 Her Majesty, when she had ador'd the most holy Sacrament, went down into the grots below the Church.

1716 S. Wesley in Nelson's Pract. True Devot. (1784) p. xvi Taught how to take the mystic Bread and Wine, T'adore the Substance, nor neglect the Sign.

1758 T. Smollett Compl. Hist. Eng. IV. viii. i. 22 [Anno 1689] He was met at the castle-gate by a procession of popish bishops and priests..bearing the host, which he publicly adored.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 69 He forbade the practice of creeping to the cross and adoring it.

1874 H. O'Shea Galleries Louvre iii. i. 208 Ramses I. adoring the Scarabæus, symbol of the Creator.

1912 H. C. Shelley Old Paris x. 284 So vast were the crowds which gathered to adore these relics that it was impossible to accommodate them in the cathedral.

2007 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 24 Nov. d7 The ministry welcomes anyone to join and to make the commitment to adore the Blessed Sacrament during the same hour, every week.

2. intransitive. To display profound reverence or respect (sometimes by means of a gesture, as prostration) (to or towards a person, thing, god, etc.); to worship God or a god, an idol, etc. Occasionally †transitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > [verb (intransitive)]

shrivea1300

adorec1350

knowledgea1382

worshipc1384

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > perform rite(s) [verb (intransitive)]

servec1175

adorec1350

ministera1393

administer1468

exercise1561

ceremonize1633

liturgize1830

ceremonialize1948

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xxi. 29 (MED) Alle þe meinȝeis of folkes shul aouren [c1400 Trin. Dublin anoure; L. adorabunt] in hys syȝt, For þe kyngdom ys of our Lord.

a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 34 (MED) Of na þing sal it [sc. the oratory] serue bot for to aure, man to god, inne.

1534 G. Joye tr. U. Zwingli Dauids Psalter f. 6 I adoure in thy holy temple, reuerently feringe the.

1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts x. 25 Cornelius came to meete him, and falling at his feete adored.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. iv. 56 If I..religiously adore before the Pastor, as the Vicarious Signe of Christ himself.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 279 Pretending that a piece of bread is the very body of Christ..and is adored towards accordingly.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Pygmalion in Fables 166 Pleas'd with his Idol, he commends, admires, Adores; and last, the Thing ador'd, desires.

1755 E. Young Centaur iv. 197 For that bountiful grant, what adoration is due? with prostration profound, I cannot but adore.

1843 E. Jones Stud. Sensation & Event 12 I adore to it again.

1876 J. B. L. Warren Soldier of Fortune iv. ii. 327 Can I adore, to whom Thy very name Is an abysmal darkness, world-extended.

1933 ‘R. Sencourt’ Napoleon III xi. 231 Here the heavy eyes of the Emperor Napoleon were raised to adore.

2003 T. Jones Soul Shaper v. 66 No more worrying that I hadn't spent enough time adoring or confessing or thanking or supplicating.

3. transitive. To revere or honour very highly; to regard with the utmost respect and affection; to love deeply. Now frequently in weakened sense: to like very much.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [verb (transitive)] > be or become devoted to or delighted with > regard with utmost respect and devotion

adorec1350

idol1605

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] > lovingly

adorec1350

the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > have liking for [verb (transitive)]

loveOE

likea1200

to have a mind1530

affect1582

relish1600

fancy1616

adore1883

to have tickets on1908

fancify-

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xxi. 31 (MED) Hij eten and aoured [c1400 Trin. Dublin honourid; L. adorauerunt] alle þe fatnes of þerþe.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1619 Him adoured [a1500 Trin. Dublin adouret] all men, eldire & ȝongir.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 164 Let the soule forth that adoreth thee.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. G8 My soule adores iudiciall schollership.

1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. sig. D4 O yes, hee adores you and adhornes mee.

1685 H. Bold & W. Bold tr. in Latine Songs xlv. 135 With admiration adore Dick the Constable more. When with state he doth sit, With Rug gown and no wit.

1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. ix. 453 Slave as she was, my Soul ador'd the Dame.

1735 J. Miller Man of Taste ii. 30 I adore our new way of building! So delicate.

1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide viii. ii. 50 The tender soft Sex I shall ever adore.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 575 The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Monmouth.

1883 H. C. Lukens Jets & Flashes 40 I'm a freshman at Yale, as was daddy before me; The girls of New Haven, egad, they adore me.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 706 You will always think of the lovely teas we had together scrumptious currant scones and raspberry wafers I adore.

1950 D. Cusack Morning Sacrifice i, in Three Austral. Three-act Plays 204 You know I simply adore cooking.

1954 O. Sitwell Four Continents xiv. 276 She..spent her spare time in writing letters to her mother, whom plainly she adored, in chapel-going, and in hotel..politics.

1996 M. D. Russell Sparrow x. 85 Jimmy, I know you adore me, but try to be discreet.

†4. transitive. To adorn, decorate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament

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1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L5 Like to the hore Congealed litle drops, which doe the morne adore .

1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother iv. iii. sig. G3 Armelets for great Queenes t'adore.

†5. transitive. To elect (a pope) by adoration (adoration n. 3). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > make pope [verb (transitive)]

impapase1570

adore1605

1605 tr. J. Bignon True Maner Electing Popes ii. sig. C2 When they see that the two thirds are gone to this maner of Adoration [Fr. adoration], The Cardinall thus adored [Fr. adoré], is made Pope.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. ii. 272 The Cardinals meeting in the Gallery, to go together and adore him in his Chamber.

1869 Wesley-Methodist Mag. Oct. 901 Why so long in making cardinals, and adoring Popes?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	adore
释义	adorev. Brit. /əˈdɔː/, U.S. /əˈdɔr/ Forms: α. Middle English aoure, Middle English aouri, Middle English aure. β. Middle English adhoure, Middle English adour, Middle English adoure, Middle English adowre, 1500s– adore; also Scottish pre-1700 adoir, pre-1700 adoure. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aurer, adorer; Latin adōrāre. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French aurer, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French aorer, aourer, Anglo-Norman adhourer , Anglo-Norman and Middle French adourer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French adorer (transitive) to worship (God) (c1100), to admire or venerate (a person), to love (a person) passionately (late 12th cent.), to elect (a pope) by adoration (1605 in the passage translated in quot. 1605 at sense 5), (intransitive) to pray (first half of the 12th cent.) and its etymon classical Latin adōrāre to plead with, appeal to, address, to plead, to beg, entreat, to pray to, worship, to do homage or obeisance to, to reverence, to marvel at, admire, to salute, greet, in post-classical Latin also to elect (a pope) by adoration (1673 or earlier) < ad- ad- prefix + ōrāre orate v. Compare Old Occitan adorar , Catalan adorar (12th cent.), Spanish adorar (12th cent.), Portuguese adorar (13th cent.), Italian adorar (13th cent.). Compare earlier anoure v.In sense 4 apparently by confusion with adorn v. (in quot. 1596 perhaps showing deliberate dissimilation from the adjacent word morne ); compare anoure v. and anorn v. 1. a. transitive. To worship or venerate as (or as if) God or a god. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)] heryc735 wortheOE hallowa1000 blessOE worshipa1200 servec1225 anourec1275 adorec1300 glorify1340 laud1377 magnifya1382 praisea1382 sacre1390 feara1400 reverencec1400 anorna1425 adorn1480 embrace1490 elevatea1513 reverent1565 god1595 venerate1623 thanksgivea1638 congratule1657 doxologizea1816 c1300 St. Katherine (Harl.) l. 32 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S.-Eng. Legendary (1956) 534 (MED) Þat maide preouede also Þat here godes noþing nere þat hi aourede [perh. read anourede; c1300 Laud anoureden] hem to. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 135 (MED) Þou wilt..lyerni god to bidde and to aouri ariȝt. c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 477 Noon oother god sholde adoured [c1415 Corpus Oxf. honoured] be. c1425 Castle of Love (Egerton) (1967) l. 561 Thi God sal thou adoure. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 268/1 He was adoured and worshyped of all the peple as a god. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Di My father..Spake to the Gods, and tholly sterre adored. 1580 J. Hay in Catholic Tractates (1901) 59 That we adore ane peace bread for God. 1611 Bible (King James) Bel & Dragon 4 The king worshipped it, and went daily to adore it. View more context for this quotation 1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 18 We may worship them in their Pictures—though wee may not Adore the Pictures themselues. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 200 As Kings shall crown them, or as Gods adore. 1746 C. Wesley Hymns Lord's Resurrection (ed. 2) Your Lord and King adore. 1825 J. Montgomery Christian Psalmist v. 441 Stand up and bless the Lord, The Lord your God adore. 1863 J. S. B. Monsell Hymns Love & Praise 103 Kneel and adore Him, the Lord is His Name! 1936 E. Underhill Worship x. 197 We find God recognized and adored..as the Numen, the Eternal One, the utterly Transcendent. 1964 Jrnl. Philos. 61 22 He was an atheist regarding the gods of power..which the right believers of all the world petition and adore. 2009 in C. Caldwell Refl. Revol. Europe x. 290 Islam can accept no one who does not adore Allah. b. transitive. To venerate or display reverence towards (an object) as an indication of respect towards or worship of the person, god, etc., connected with or represented by the object; spec. (chiefly Roman Catholic Church) to venerate (the host, a sacred object, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > other practices > carry out other practices [verb (transitive)] > kneel or bow > reverence person by visible token adorec1540 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. vi. xv. f. lxxv^v/2 Thir tithingis diuulgat in the cuntre causit the kyng of Pichtis & his pepyll to cum with riche offerandis out of all partis to adore the reliquies of y^e haly appostyll sanct Andro. 1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 46 This auctor,..could not but se that adoryng of the Sacrament signifieth the presence of the body of Christ to be adored. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Heb. xi. 22 By faith Iacob dying, blessed euery one of the sonnes of Ioseph; and adored the toppe of his rodde. 1626 L. Owen Running Reg. 10 Dare you (Artolaters) adore a peece of Bread, for the liuing God? 1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 441 Her Majesty, when she had ador'd the most holy Sacrament, went down into the grots below the Church. 1716 S. Wesley in Nelson's Pract. True Devot. (1784) p. xvi Taught how to take the mystic Bread and Wine, T'adore the Substance, nor neglect the Sign. 1758 T. Smollett Compl. Hist. Eng. IV. viii. i. 22 [Anno 1689] He was met at the castle-gate by a procession of popish bishops and priests..bearing the host, which he publicly adored. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 69 He forbade the practice of creeping to the cross and adoring it. 1874 H. O'Shea Galleries Louvre iii. i. 208 Ramses I. adoring the Scarabæus, symbol of the Creator. 1912 H. C. Shelley Old Paris x. 284 So vast were the crowds which gathered to adore these relics that it was impossible to accommodate them in the cathedral. 2007 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 24 Nov. d7 The ministry welcomes anyone to join and to make the commitment to adore the Blessed Sacrament during the same hour, every week. 2. intransitive. To display profound reverence or respect (sometimes by means of a gesture, as prostration) (to or towards a person, thing, god, etc.); to worship God or a god, an idol, etc. Occasionally †transitive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [verb (intransitive)] shrivea1300 adorec1350 knowledgea1382 worshipc1384 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > perform rite(s) [verb (intransitive)] servec1175 adorec1350 ministera1393 administer1468 exercise1561 ceremonize1633 liturgize1830 ceremonialize1948 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xxi. 29 (MED) Alle þe meinȝeis of folkes shul aouren [c1400 Trin. Dublin anoure; L. adorabunt] in hys syȝt, For þe kyngdom ys of our Lord. a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 34 (MED) Of na þing sal it [sc. the oratory] serue bot for to aure, man to god, inne. 1534 G. Joye tr. U. Zwingli Dauids Psalter f. 6 I adoure in thy holy temple, reuerently feringe the. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts x. 25 Cornelius came to meete him, and falling at his feete adored. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. iv. 56 If I..religiously adore before the Pastor, as the Vicarious Signe of Christ himself. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 279 Pretending that a piece of bread is the very body of Christ..and is adored towards accordingly. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Pygmalion in Fables 166 Pleas'd with his Idol, he commends, admires, Adores; and last, the Thing ador'd, desires. 1755 E. Young Centaur iv. 197 For that bountiful grant, what adoration is due? with prostration profound, I cannot but adore. 1843 E. Jones Stud. Sensation & Event 12 I adore to it again. 1876 J. B. L. Warren Soldier of Fortune iv. ii. 327 Can I adore, to whom Thy very name Is an abysmal darkness, world-extended. 1933 ‘R. Sencourt’ Napoleon III xi. 231 Here the heavy eyes of the Emperor Napoleon were raised to adore. 2003 T. Jones Soul Shaper v. 66 No more worrying that I hadn't spent enough time adoring or confessing or thanking or supplicating. 3. transitive. To revere or honour very highly; to regard with the utmost respect and affection; to love deeply. Now frequently in weakened sense: to like very much. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [verb (transitive)] > be or become devoted to or delighted with > regard with utmost respect and devotion adorec1350 idol1605 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] > lovingly adorec1350 the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > have liking for [verb (transitive)] loveOE likea1200 to have a mind1530 affect1582 relish1600 fancy1616 adore1883 to have tickets on1908 fancify- c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xxi. 31 (MED) Hij eten and aoured [c1400 Trin. Dublin honourid; L. adorauerunt] alle þe fatnes of þerþe. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1619 Him adoured [a1500 Trin. Dublin adouret] all men, eldire & ȝongir. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 164 Let the soule forth that adoreth thee. View more context for this quotation 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. ix. sig. G8 My soule adores iudiciall schollership. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. sig. D4 O yes, hee adores you and adhornes mee. 1685 H. Bold & W. Bold tr. in Latine Songs xlv. 135 With admiration adore Dick the Constable more. When with state he doth sit, With Rug gown and no wit. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. ix. 453 Slave as she was, my Soul ador'd the Dame. 1735 J. Miller Man of Taste ii. 30 I adore our new way of building! So delicate. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide viii. ii. 50 The tender soft Sex I shall ever adore. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 575 The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Monmouth. 1883 H. C. Lukens Jets & Flashes 40 I'm a freshman at Yale, as was daddy before me; The girls of New Haven, egad, they adore me. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 706 You will always think of the lovely teas we had together scrumptious currant scones and raspberry wafers I adore. 1950 D. Cusack Morning Sacrifice i, in Three Austral. Three-act Plays 204 You know I simply adore cooking. 1954 O. Sitwell Four Continents xiv. 276 She..spent her spare time in writing letters to her mother, whom plainly she adored, in chapel-going, and in hotel..politics. 1996 M. D. Russell Sparrow x. 85 Jimmy, I know you adore me, but try to be discreet. †4. transitive. To adorn, decorate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament dightc1200 begoa1225 fay?c1225 rustc1275 duba1300 shrouda1300 adorna1325 flourishc1325 apparel1366 depaintc1374 dressa1375 raila1375 anorna1382 orna1382 honourc1390 paintc1390 pare1393 garnisha1400 mensk?a1400 apykec1400 hightlec1400 overfretc1440 exornc1450 embroider1460 repair1484 empare1490 ornate1490 bedo?a1500 purfle?a1500 glorify?1504 betrap1509 broider1509 deck?1521 likelya1522 to set forth1530 exornate1539 grace1548 adornate1550 fardc1550 gaud1554 pink1558 bedeck1559 tight1572 begaud1579 embellish1579 bepounce1582 parela1586 flower1587 ornify1590 illustrate1592 tinsel1594 formalize1595 adore1596 suborn1596 trapper1597 condecorate1599 diamondize1600 furnish1600 enrich1601 mense1602 prank1605 overgreen1609 crown1611 enjewel1611 broocha1616 varnish1641 ornament1650 array1652 bedub1657 bespangle1675 irradiate1717 gem1747 begem1749 redeck1771 blazon1813 aggrace1825 diamond1839 panoply1851 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L5 Like to the hore Congealed litle drops, which doe the morne adore . View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother iv. iii. sig. G3 Armelets for great Queenes t'adore. †5. transitive. To elect (a pope) by adoration (adoration n. 3). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > make pope [verb (transitive)] impapase1570 adore1605 1605 tr. J. Bignon True Maner Electing Popes ii. sig. C2 When they see that the two thirds are gone to this maner of Adoration [Fr. adoration], The Cardinall thus adored [Fr. adoré], is made Pope. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. ii. 272 The Cardinals meeting in the Gallery, to go together and adore him in his Chamber. 1869 Wesley-Methodist Mag. Oct. 901 Why so long in making cardinals, and adoring Popes? 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