Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Plaudit

Plaudit , noun

[From Latin plaudite do ye praise (which was said by players at the end of a performance), 2d pers. pl. imperative of plaudere. Compare Plausible.]

A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng. — Longfellow