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Charles Buck Dictionary
• Adoration
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Adore
Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood
• Sisters Adorers of the Most Precious Blood (Ruma)
• Sisters Adorers of the Most Precious Blood (Gurtwe
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Adore
• Adoration
Smith Bible Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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• Adorer
• Adorement
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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• Gustave Ador
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Ador; Adora
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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• Adoration of the Cross
• Adoration of the Host.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Ador`no
The Catholic Encyclopedia
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• Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of the Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar
• Perpetual Adoration
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Adoration, Forms of

"To kiss the hand with the mouth" in homage (Job 31:26-27. "If I beheld the sun when it shineth, or the moon, ... and my mouth hath kissed my hand".) The earliest idolatry, that of the sun, moon, and heavenly hosts (Hebrew tsaba ), Sabeanism. Laying the hand on the mouth expresses deep reverence and submission (Job 40:4). So "kiss the Son," i.e. adore (Psalms 2:12). Portrayed in the sculptures of Persepolis and Thebes. Falling down and worshipping prostrate was the worship subsequently paid to Babylonian idols (Daniel 3:5-6). In the sense of divine worship, it is due to God only, and was rejected by angels and saints when offered to them (Luke 4:8; Acts 10:25-26; Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:9).