Word Finder - adored

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To worship.

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To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.

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It is obvious to everyone that Gerry adores Heather.

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To be very fond of.

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To adorn.

This deified monarch needed a new temple, and Versailles, where everything was his creation, both men and things, adored its maker.

The Perfect were adored, and the kiss of peace was passed round.

Mithras was born of a rock, the marvel being seen only by certain shepherds, who brought gifts and adored him.

Pierre, however, he adored.

I've always adored how the small lights of the antique crystal chandelier illume the rich, peach chintz.

The invited congregation simply adored Mr Blair, whooping, cheering and laughing heartily at his jokes.

As a child I adored this delicious caramel filling topped with chocolate on its ' melt in the mouth ' shortbread base.

Was He received on a silken pillow and adored by a royal household?

We have always adored the Dutch and Flemish master painters who pictured still life food so beautifully and so realistically.

Time will heal much of what you are feeling, and before too long, you'll wonder how you could have ever not simply adored your baby.

During the next few decades the Siamese cat was adored and was a regular favorite at cat shows around the United States.

Backstage makeup artists adored the unique products, and soon cult status was born.

By far the saddest part of my story is I lost my relationship with my two children whom I loved and adored.

As a teenager, Damon attended the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School where he was adored by girls for his smile and praised by his high school drama teacher for having more than a knack for acting.

The movie, which was panned by critics but adored by fans, brought him instant stardom and launched him into the sort of popularity that most actors only dream of.

Little girls have adored bright rain clothes for decades - you only need to read the classic Ramona the Pest to confirm it.

Crosses can be made of white and yellow gold or sterling silver and adored with any number of gemstones and diamonds.

You'll eventually gain a reputation amongst the land, but whether you're adored or feared is entirely up to you.

The breathtaking battle scenes (with classic battle music) are just one of the reasons Final Fantasy 7 is adored even to this day.

Depending on the height of the leg cut, this style is appropriate to and adored by all ages.

Adored by millions of fans, her movies and music albums flew off store shelves.

It's perpetually adored by its devoted fans whose imaginations are fueled by the pages of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

Corset styling could also be seen on girls' clothing going into the 1970s, as it had a fairy book quality that girls adored.

While percolators are one of the least popular methods of making coffee, they are still adored by many for their room-filling aroma and old fashioned, strong tasting coffee.

Born in poverty, Coco adored luxury and wealth.

Dolce & Gabbana designs appear regularly on the red carpet and are often adored by high profile celebrities such as Gisele Bundchen, Nicole Kidman, and Madonna.

He was often interchanged with a stuffed doll as all the other characters on the show just saw the doll, but he truly adored Tabitha and their story was beloved by fans.

While your child may not appreciate a clock that you adored as a child, rest assured that somewhere waits a clock she will discover and love.

La Perla pieces have been worn and adored by celebrities and many of their items have become collectibles.

Agent Provocateur- A very upscale lingerie designer label adored by its celebrity clientele.

Containing such beauties as 'I Wanna Be Adored', 'She Bangs The Drums' and 'Waterfall', it has become one of the most celebrated albums ever to come out of Britain.

No matter how it is described, this glittery coat is adored by all who try it.

College football medical scrubs are unique and a gift that will be adored every time they are worn.

That was a double-edged hurt, though, because Alex adored his adoptive father.

In modern Russia also survives a sect of Bogomils called Christowschtschina,' because one member of it is adored by the rest as Christ.

Animal victims are sacrificed before it, as in old days before the sacred pole or pillar, and it is worshipped and adored.

Dressed with care in white uniform and mounted on a white horse, and always in the thickest of the fray, he was known and adored by his soldiers as the "White General."

The saying of the Johannine Gospel - that God is to be adored neither in Jerusalem nor on Gerizim, but that His true worshipper must worship Him in spirit and in truth - is in complete harmony with the old Christian piety.

Indeed there is hardly a village in India which cannot boast of a shrine dedicated to Siva, and containing the emblem of his reproductive power; for almost the only form in which the" Great God "is adored is the Linga, consisting usually of an upright cylindrical block of marble or other stone, mostly resting on a circular perforated slab.

Thus the Greek and Roman emperors were adored by bowing or kneeling, laying hold of the imperial robe, and presently withdrawing the hand and pressing it to the lips, or by putting the royal robe itself to the lips.

His comrades adored him for his liberality, and the frequent visits of Icelandic skalder to his court testify to a love of poetry on his part, indeed one of his own strophes has come down to us.

To-day Vishnu is adored by the Vishnavite sects as the equal or even the superior of Brahma, and is styled the Preserver.

In short, " their Red Dawn," if red dawn he be, is a person, and a savage person, adored exactly as the actual fathers and grandfathers of the Hottentots are adored.

Their use was declared to be this, that they taught the ignorant through the eye what they should adore with the mind; they are not themselves to be adored.

Eichmann obviously adored the boy, who was about the same age as Malkin's nephew who died at Auschwitz.

I chose to set up my own business doing calligraphy which I absolutely adored.

This is a bombastic and vainglorious epic in honour of Charles XI., whom Eurelius adored; it is not, however, without great merits, richness of language, flowing metre, and the breadth of a genuine poetic enthusiasm.

At Ephesus, where she was adored under the form of a meteoric stone, she was identified with the Greek Artemis (see also Great Mother Of The Gods).

The rider, whose figure seemed familiar to Rostov and involuntarily riveted his attention, made a gesture of refusal with his head and hand and by that gesture Rostov instantly recognized his lamented and adored monarch.

Ilyin tried to imitate Rostov in everything and adored him as a girl might have done.