Celebrate vs Laud - What's the difference?
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To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep.
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To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites.
or glorification.
* Shakespeare
* Tyndals
Hymn of praise.
(in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.
(intransitive) to praise, to glorify
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke I:
Celebrate is a related term of laud.
As a verb celebrate
is to extol or honour in a solemn manner.As a proper noun laud is
.celebrate
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Verb
(celebrat)- to celebrate the name of the Most High
- to celebrate a birthday
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- I was promoted today at work—let’s celebrate !
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- to celebrate a marriage
Usage notes
In sense “to conduct ceremonies, to follow a custom”, generally used of festive occasions, such as Christmas and birthdays. For more solemn occasions, particularly certain religious holidays (“holy days”) and commemorations, the term observe is used instead, as in “This office will be closed in observance of Veterans Day.”Synonyms
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Noun
(en noun)- Laud be to God.
- So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same.
Verb
(en verb)- And hys mought was opened immediatly, and hys tonge, and he spake lawdynge god.