\Ad`o*ra"tion\, n. [L. adoratio, fr. adorare: cf. F.
adoration.]
1. The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship
   paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.
         The more immediate objects of popular adoration
         amongst the heathens were deified human beings.
                                               --Farmer.
2. Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration;
   intense regard and love; fervent devotion.
3. A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage
   from two thirds of the conclave.
         [Pole] might have been chosen on the spot by
         adoration.                            --Froude.