The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.
The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
An act of religious worship.
Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.
Admiration or esteem.
An object of an ardent desire.
Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.