To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
To express great approval (for).
To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.
To declare by acclamations.
An acclamation; a shout of applause.
To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
To invoke divine favor upon.
To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
To turn (a reference) into an object.
Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.