Adoration vs. Adornation

Adorationnoun

(countable) An act of religious worship.

Adornationnoun

(obsolete) adornment

Adorationnoun

(uncountable) Admiration or esteem.

Adornationnoun

Adornment.

Adorationnoun

(uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.

Adorationnoun

(historical) The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).

Adorationnoun

The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.

‘The more immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings.’;

Adorationnoun

Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.

Adorationnoun

A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave.

‘[Pole] might have been chosen on the spot by adoration.’;

Adorationnoun

a feeling of profound love and admiration

Adorationnoun

the act of admiring strongly

Adorationnoun

worship given to God alone

Adoration

Adoration is respect, reverence, strong admiration, or love in a certain person, place, or thing. The term comes from the Latin adōrātiō, meaning .

‘to give homage or worship to someone or something’;