Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Laud

Laud , noun

[Latin laus, laudis. See Laud, v. i.]

1.
High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory.
Laud be to God. — Shakespeare
So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same. — Tyndals
2.
A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the pl.

In the Roman Catholic Church, the prayers used at daybreak, between those of matins and prime, are called lauds.

3.
Music or singing in honor of any one.

Laud , intransitive verb

[Latin laudare, from laus, laudis, praise. Compare Allow.]

To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol.
With all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name. — Book of Common Prayer