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Meaning of encomium

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

encomium

Pronunciation:/ɛŋˈkəʊ.mɪ.əm//ɛnˈkoʊ.mɪ.əm/

noun

Definitions

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

  2. A general category of oratory.

  3. A method within rhetorical pedagogy.

  4. The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/encomium

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panegyriceulogypaeanpeanpraiselaudationcommendcommendatory