encomium

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noun

Plural noun:

encomiumsencomia

1.
Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
I rejoined our people, and expected a reprimand for having forced the enemy without orders; though I had my excuse ready. But here I was mistaken; for I met with nothing but encomiums.
2.
(rhetoric)A general category of oratory.
3.
(rhetoric)A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
4.
The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
5.
(literature) 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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From Latin encōmium (praise, eulogy), from Ancient Greek ἐγκώμιον (laudatory ode, praise), from ἐγκώμιος (of or pertaining to the victor), from κῶμος (festival, revel, ode).