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en·co·mi·um  (n-km-m)
n. pl. en·co·mi·ums or en·co·mi·a (-m-)
1. Warm, glowing praise.
2. A formal expression of praise; a tribute.
[Latin encmium, from Greek enkmion (epos), (speech) praising a victor, neuter of enkmios, of the victory procession : en-, in; see en-2 + kmos, celebration.]
encomium
Noun
a formal expression of praise [Latin]
encomium
formal praise; an elaborate or ceremonial panegyric or eulogy. — encomiast, n. — encomiastic, adj.
See also: Praise
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.encomium - a formal expression of praise
paean, panegyric, pean, eulogy
congratulations, extolment, kudos, praise - an expression of approval and commendation; "he always appreciated praise for his work"


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The title captures the spirit of a book replete with encomia to a score of English literati who traveled a long and tortuous route to the Catholic Church.
Literary Giants, Literary Catholics by Gallagher, Daniel B. / Catholic Insight
1) Since his death in November 1975 at the age of seventy, the encomia to Trilling as a culture hero, at least among Anglo-American literary intellectuals, have only reaffirmed Holloway's tribute--as witnessed by the scholarly books devoted to his career and by the polemical Right-Left battles for his mantle.
The Trilling family "romance": report of a psychoanalytic autopsy by Rodden, John / Modern Age
Hayek, for example, is one of the inspirations for Michael Novak's (The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism) theological encomia to the free market and the business corporation as manifestations of God's grace.
Tolerance & Truth by Sargent, Mark A. / Commonweal
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