laud
1. laud \'lo.d\ n [ME laudes, pl., fr. MF or ML; MF, fr. ML, fr. L, pl. of laud-, ]laus praise; akin to OHG liod song pl but sing or pl in constr, often cap 1: an office of solemn praise to God forming with matins the first of the c anonical hours 2: ACCLAIM, PRAISE 2. laud vt : PRAISE, EXTOL