King James Bible Dictionary

LAUD, noun [Latin laus, laudis; Gr. ; Eng. loud. See Loud.]

1. Praise; commendation; an extolling in words; honorable mention. [Little used.]

2. That part of divine worship which consists in praise.

3. Music or singing in honor of any one.

LAUD, verb transitive [Latin laudo.] To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate.

LAUD'ABLE, adjective [Latin laudabilis.]

1. Praiseworthy; commendable; as laudable motives; laudable actions.

2. Healthy; salubrious; as laudable juices of the body.

3. Healthy; well digested; as laudable pus.

LAUD'ABLENESS, noun The quality of deserving praise; praiseworthiness; as the laudableness of designs, purposes, motives or actions. [Laudability, in a like sense, has been used, but rarely.]

LAUD'ABLY, adverb In a manner deserving praise.

LAUD'ANUM, noun [from Latin laudo, to praise.] Opium dissolved in spirit or wine; tincture of opium.

LAUD'ATIVE, noun [Latin laudativus.] A panegyric; an eulogy. [Little used.]

LAUD'ATORY, adjective Containing praise; tending to praise.

LAUD'ATORY, noun That which contains praise.

LAUD'ER, noun One who praises.