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lauds.

Noun
FormalSetting
MEANING

The morning office of praise in traditional Christian daily worship.

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  • the office of Lauds
  • attend Lauds

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They heard the office of Lauds while mist still covered the lower garden.
After Lauds, the novices returned to work without speaking.

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Primary category: gothic. Forms: Fixed-plural liturgical name; normally treated as the name of a single office. Not a separate record for the verb laud. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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