encomium

/ɛnˈkoʊ.mɪ.əm/

IPA: /EH0 N K AH1 M IY0 AH0 M/

noun

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.
5
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.

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