perpetual adoration
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
Our Lady of Guadalupe in Hutchinson has had perpetual adoration since 1995.
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
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
It required courage for young men bred in the popular faith to turn their backs upon the high altar, so firmly planted, so blazing with lamps of perpetual adoration.
From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)
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