Noun

(en-noun)

Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.

* 1763 , (Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz), History of Louisiana'' (1763 tr. of ''L'Histoire de la Louisiane , 1758) (PG), p. 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 . —

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"I never seen their like," was Lassiter's encomium , "an' in my day I've seen a sight of horses.

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, year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter X , passage=I am, you will agree, mature, and in my earlier days I won no little praise for my skill at hunt-the-slipper. I remember one of the hostesses whose Christmas parties I attended comparing me to a juvenile bloodhound. An extravagant encomium , of course, but that is what she said.}}

(rhetoric) A general category of oratory.

(rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.

The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.

(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.

Noun

(head)

(often used in plural)

* 1860 , Henry Brooke, William Peter Strickland, Charles Kingsley, The Fool of Quality: Or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland , page 171:

As soon as they had finished, the whole assembly could scarce refrain from breaking forth in loud plaudits , as at the public theatre ; and a humming of mixed voices and patting feet was heard throughout.