[f. LAUD v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. LAUD; laudation.
1489. Caxton, Faytes of A., I. x. 26. Vegece thus saith to the lawdyng and praysyng of them.
c. 1500. Melusine, xxxix. 304. Wherof they gaaf lawdyng to our lord god deuoutely.
1533. Articles imputed to Latimer, in Foxe, A. & M. (1563), 1310/2. Salutyng or gretyng, laudyng or praysing is not properly prayeng.
c. 1610. Women Saints, 19. Who … talke nothing but that appertayneth to the lauding of god.
attrib. 1827. Edin. Rev., XLVI. 359. It is the inevitable consequence of such lauding-bouts, that the little are exalted.
