encomium

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
 * 2) * 1763,, The History of Louisiana: Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing a Description of the Countries that Lye on both Sides of the River Missisipi [sic]: With an Account of the Settlements [...] Translated from the French [...] by M. Le Page du Pratz; with some Notes and Observations [...] In two volumes. [...], London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 181837275 (English translation of Histoire de la Louisiane : contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays, sa description géographique, un voyage dans les terres, l'histoire naturelle, les mœurs, coûtumes & religion des naturels, avec leurs origines : deux voyages dans le nord du nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu'à la mer du Sud : ornée de deux cartes & de 40 planches en taille douce, Paris : Chez de Bure, l'aîné [...], la veuve Delaguette [...], Lambert [...], 1758,  1651361), page 39:
 * 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.
 * 1)  A general category of oratory.
 * 2)  A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
 * 3) The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1)  A general category of oratory.
 * 2)  A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
 * 3) The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1)  A general category of oratory.
 * 2)  A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
 * 3) The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
 * 4)  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.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐγκώμιον
 * Old Norse: hróðr
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ylistyspuhe, encomium
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐγκώμιον
 * Russian:

Noun

 * 1) an Ancient Greek literary genre of praise
 * 2)  dictionary

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) Praise, eulogy.