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perpetual adoration

American  

noun

Roman Catholic Church.
  1. uninterrupted adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.


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The statue would have been placed in a temple, so the gods would think Ur-Ningirsu was standing there in perpetual adoration.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2022

Sixteen of the diocese’s 90 parishes had perpetual adoration in 2014, the most recent year for which data is available.

From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2017

“I don’t want him to someday say, ‘Where were you when I needed you?’” said Pat Dwyer, one of the original volunteers who organized perpetual adoration at the church.

From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2017

Blick said the priest who founded the church building in 1964 once returned for a visit and said he noticed a different atmosphere, something attributed to perpetual adoration.

From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2017

God and my love were so mingled in my heart, that my adoration of her became a perpetual adoration of the Supreme Being who had created her.

From Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty by Lamartine, Alphonse de