Obs. rare. [f. ADORE v. + -MENT after analogy of words in -ment a. from Fr., as judgment, commandment, etc.] The act of adoring; adoration. (‘A word scarcely used.’ J.)
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., I. iii. 11. The literall and downe-right adorement of Cats, Lizards, and Beetles. Ibid., I. xi. 46. That reasonable spirits would never firmely be lost in the adorement of things inanimate.
