Middle English Dictionary Entry

laudātē n.
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1.
(a) One of the Psalms beginning with 'laudate'; esp. Pss. 148, 150, sung at Lauds; (b) as a term of abuse; ?an unlearned priest who knows only these two, most frequently recited, Psalms; (c) lessoun of ~, ?recitation of Psalm 148; ?flattery, sycophancy.