Associations to the word «Encomium»

Wiktionary

ENCOMIUM, noun. Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
ENCOMIUM, noun. (rhetoric) A general category of oratory.
ENCOMIUM, noun. (rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
ENCOMIUM, noun. The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
ENCOMIUM, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

ENCOMIUM, noun. A formal expression of praise.

Wise words

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