praises

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
praise/preɪz/

▶verb

• 1 express warm approval of or admiration for.

• 2 express respect and gratitude towards (a deity).

▶noun

• 1 the expression of approval or admiration.

• 2 the expression of respect and gratitude as an act of worship.

– phrases
praise be expressing relief, joy, or gratitude.
sing the praises of express enthusiastic approval or admiration of.

– derivatives
praiseful adjective,
praiser noun.

– origin ME (also in the sense ‘attach value to’): from OFr. preisier ‘to prize, praise’, from late L. pretiare, from L. pretium ‘price’; cf. prize1.