Bible dictionaries
Laud
What Bible dictionaries say about “Laud”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Laud - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
LAUD, n. [L. laus, laudis; Gr. ; Eng. loud. See Loud.]
1. Praise; commendation; an extolling in words; honorable mention. [Little used.]
2. That part of divine worship which consists in praise.
3. Music or singing in honor of any one.
LAUD, v.t. [L. laudo.] To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
lod: A verb meaning "to praise," used in Ro 15:11 the King James Version, and Ps 117:1; 145:4. The Revised Version (British and American) either should have avoided the word altogether or else should have used it much more extensively--preferably the latter, as the word is not obsolete in liturgical English.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915