"morning Church service in which psalms of praise to God (Psalms cxlviii-cl) are sung," mid-14c., from Old French Laudes "sung devotions; Lauds;" see laud.
laudable
laudanum
laudation
laudator temporis acti
laudatory
lauds
laugh
laughable
laughing
laughing-stock
Laughlin
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