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Definition of Praise
Praise

To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.

To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being.

To value; to appraise.

Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.

Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.

The object, ground, or reason of praise.

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Praise Quotations

I will praise any man that will praise me.
William Shakespeare

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.
Fritz Perls

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Praise Translations

praise in Afrikaans is prys
praise in Danish is rose
praise in Dutch is loven, roemen, verheerlijken, prijzen
praise in German is Lob, anpreisen, Lob
praise in Italian is lode, elogiare
praise in Latin is laudatio, laus
praise in Portuguese is elogio
praise in Spanish is elogio, alabanza, alabar


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