Associations to the word «Adoration»

Wiktionary

ADORATION, noun. (countable) An act of religious worship.
ADORATION, noun. (uncountable) Admiration or esteem.
ADORATION, noun. (uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.

Dictionary definition

ADORATION, noun. A feeling of profound love and admiration.
ADORATION, noun. The act of admiring strongly.
ADORATION, noun. The worship given to God alone.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats