Encomium

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  • noun. Warm, glowing praise.
  • noun. A formal expression of praise.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Formal praise; laudation; a discriminating expression of approval, either of a person or of a thing.
  • noun. Synonyms Panegyric, etc. See eulogy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
  • noun. A general category of oratory.
  • noun. A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
  • noun. The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
  • noun. A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.
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  • noun. a formal expression of praise