Meaning & use
Encomium
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A formal, often elaborate expression of praise for a person or thing.
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The retiring professor was honored with a lengthy encomium from her former students.
The obituary read more like an encomium than an honest account of his life.
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Borrowed from Greek, where an 'enkomion' was a song of praise performed at a victory celebration.
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