# adoration

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #24,973

## Definitions
1. An act of religious worship.
2. Admiration or esteem.
3. The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.
4. The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
5. Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French adoration, from Latin adōrātiō, adōrātiōnem (“worship, adoration”), from adōrō (“beseech; adore, worship”), from ad (“to, towards”) + ōrō (“beg”).
From adore + -ation.

## Easily confused with
- **adulation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adoration-vs-adulation)
- **adsorption** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adoration-vs-adsorption)
- **abortion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abortion-vs-adoration)
- **adoption** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adoption-vs-adoration)
- **admiration** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admiration-vs-adoration)

## Common misspellings (13)
`addoration`, `adoartion`, `adoraiton`, `adorasion`, `adoratino`, `adorationn`, `adoratoin`, `adorattion`, `adorration`, `adortaion`, `adroation`, `aodration`, `daoration`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/adoration