See also:

• LAUD (Lat. laws)
• LAUD, WILLIAM (1573-1645)

LAUD (See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• LAWS

laws)  , a See also:

• TERM

term meaning praise, now rarely found in this sense except in See also:

• POETRY

poetry or See also:

• HYMNS

hymns . Lauds is the name for the second of the offices of the canonical See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• BREVIARY (Lat. breviarium, abridgment, epitome)

breviary, so called from the three laudes or See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

psalms of praise, cxlviii.-cl. which See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

• PART

part of the service (see BREVIARY and HOURS, CANONICAL) .