If people laud someone, they praise and admire them. He lauded the work of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees They lauded the former president as a hero Dickens was lauded for his social and moral sensitivity + lauded laud·ed the most lauded actress in New York. English prelate who as archbishop of Canterbury (1633-1645) supported Charles I and absolutism in church and state. His attempts to impose High Church doctrine on Protestants in Scotland and England led to his execution for treason by Parliament. to praise someone or something (laudare, from laus )