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Adore (2 syl.)

means to “carry to one’s mouth” “to kiss” (ad-os, adorāre). The Romans performed adoration by placing their right hand on their mouth and bowing. The Greeks paid adoration to kings by putting the royal robe to their lips. The Jews kissed in homage: thus God said to Elijah he had 7,000 in Israel who had not bowed unto Baal, “every mouth which hath not kissed him” (1 Kings xix. 18; see also Hos. xiii. 2). “Kiss the Son lest He be angry” (Psalm ii. 12), means worship, reverence the Son. Even in England we do homage by kissing the hand of the sovereign.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Adonis of 50
Adonis Flower (The)
Adonis Garden
Adonis River
Adonists
Adoption
Adoption Controversy
Adoptionist
Adore
Adrammelech
Adrastus
Adrian (St.)
Adriel
Adrift
Adroit
Adsidelta
Adullamites
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