noun
definition
Commendation; favourable representation in words
definition
Worship
verb
definition
To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
example
Be sure to praise Bobby for his excellent work at school this week.
Examples of praises in a Sentence
Cato maior, or de Senectute, a dialogue placed in 150 B.C. in which Cato, addressing Scipio and Laelius, set forth the praises of old age.
After a reference to their descent from Abraham and their sojourn in Egypt, Aristides praises them for their worship of the one God, the Almighty Creator; but blames them as worshipping angels, and observing "sabbaths and new moons, and the unleavened bread, and the great fast, and circumcision, and cleanness of meats."
The whole town is singing their praises and I don't even know them!
All creatures he called his "brothers" or "sisters" - the chief example is the poem of the "Praises of the Creatures," wherein "brother Sun," "sister Moon," "brother Wind," and "sister Water" are called on to praise God.
Such is the poetry of Hafiz and Saadi, whose verses are chiefly devoted to the praises of wine and women.
This masterly attack upon Blackstone's praises of the English constitution was variously attributed to Lord Mansfield, Lord Camden and Lord Ashburton.
That the whole book is named " praises " is clearly due to the fact that it was the manual of the Temple service of song, in which praise was the leading feature.
Cicero, who speaks of 150 of these speeches as extant in his day, praises them for their acuteness, their wit, their conciseness.
The praises of the park and the house have been sung in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, and by Ben Jonson, Edmund Waller and Robert Southey.
And gladness springs up within him on his realizing that, and joy arises to him thus gladdened, and so rejoicing all his frame becomes at ease, and being thus at ease he is filled with a sense of peace, and in that peace his heart is stayed."9 To have realized the Truths, and traversed the Path; to have broken the Bonds, put an end to the Intoxications, and got rid of the Hindrances, is to have attained the ideal, the Fruit, as it is called, of Arahatship. One might fill columns with the praises, many of them among the most beautiful passages in Pali poetry and prose, lavished on this condition of mind, the state of the man made perfect according to the Buddhist faith.
This was nearly completed, when Cicero earnestly requested him to write a separate history of his (Cicero's) consulship. Cicero had already sung his own praises in both Greek and Latin, but thought that a panegyric by Lucceius, who had taken considerable interest in the affairs of that critical period,_.
Protestantism centred - or was by Catholics supposed to centre - in a mysterious " right of private judgment "; the council accordingly retorted by hymning the praises of obedience, of submitting to authority and never thinking for oneself.
His official knowledge was considerable; and it would be unjust to his memory to ignore the praises of his contemporaries or his knowledge of his country's commercial interests.
There is evidence to show that by this munificence he hoped to draw out praises of his sovereign and himself; but this motive certainly is far from accounting for all the splendid, if in some cases specious, services that he rendered to literature, science and art.
He praises the horses of the Svear and speaks of their great trade in furs of arctic animals which were transferred from merchant to merchant until they reached Rome.
Among other works he painted his own portrait with his dog, and "The Man with a Pipe," both of which were rejected by the jury of the Salon; but the younger school of critics, the neo-romantics and realists, loudly sang the praises of Courbet, who by 1849 began to be famous, producing such pictures as "After Dinner at Ornans" and "The Valley of the Loire."
Fenelon is on firmer ground when he leads a reaction against the "mercantile system" of Colbert, with its crushing restrictions on trade; or when he sings the praises of agriculture, in the hope of bringing back labour to the land, and thereby ensuring the physical efficiency of the race.
His moral ideal is no abstract one, and the virtues he praises are those which in his view made up the truly Roman type of character.
Even catholic welsh bards like Sion Dafydd Rhys sang its praises.
Conradin had been wont to chant his praises, to- night he asked a boon.
The trend has continued with most visitors continuing to sing the praises of Corsica for its extensive natural bounty.
Just wanted to sing this woman's praises from the highest rooftop for her excellent illustrations on my new chapbook, Bloodshot.
They sing their praises to God with great gusto - or in a quieter meditative manner.
The report repeatedly praises individual heroism by emergency workers, but it finds a number of organizational failings.
I am gathered here singing your praises and considering how, for the most part, my singing has become so joyless.
There are no remiss or sleepy praises in heaven, nor such lamentations in hell.
The saints sing the high praises of their God.
In every role Dwight earned the praises of the critics who voted him one of the ten best actors currently on the stage.
O teach thy child in life to show Thy praises forth.
Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing praises unto his name, for it is pleasant.
The ancient writers have been very profuse in their praises of this celebrated Prince.
He was bigoted, bloodthirsty and relentless, though one Turkish historian praises his humanity for having forbidden the cutting up alive of condemned persons, or the roasting of them before a slow fire; and at one time he was with difficulty dissuaded from ordering the complete extirpation of all the Christians in Turkey.
Lord Lytton, in his poem of St Stephen's, alludes to "Tierney's airy tread," and praises his "light and yet vigorous" attack, in which he inflicted, "with a placid smile," a fatal wound on his opponent.
So, do not be ungrateful, but sing His praises and thank Him for his goodness toward you.
But when they came into Lacedaemon, they heard his praises on every side.
Or suppose he comes from reading a Greek or Latin classic in the original, whose praises are familiar even to the so-called illiterate; he will find nobody at all to speak to, but must keep silence about it.
For the most part I escaped wonderfully from these dangers, either by proceeding at once boldly and without deliberation to the goal, as is recommended to those who run the gauntlet, or by keeping my thoughts on high things, like Orpheus, who, "loudly singing the praises of the gods to his lyre, drowned the voices of the Sirens, and kept out of danger."
It makes you squirm the way he praises himself so highly.
Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.
As with many products, there are those who sing their praises, while others choose to not use them.
There are actually several reasons why parents sing the praises of reusable diapers.
Slings-New moms everywhere are singing the praises of this versatile baby item.
Ask just about any parent about stroller extras, and they'll invariably sing the praises of an ample storage basket and several cup holders.
There is also a section on the site that praises the use of words correctly.
Sometimes the child's artwork is enough of a page layout on its own, but you may want to add an embellishment or two that praises his achievement.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show premiered and immediately won the praises of critics and fans alike.
H. Woodall praises it for those who like a bold and distinct plant in a warm situation in summer, and have means to protect or take it up and pot it in winter.
In The Garden, 23rd August 1919, Sir Herbert Maxwell praises this plant as doing well in Scotland.
While some people sing the praises of more heightened senses after waxing, others simply prefer a clean look.
Of course, the supplement industry is cheering and singing the praises of vitamins for everyone, while some nutritionists and doctors question the need for expensive pills.