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encomiums

encomiums is the plural of encomium.

Meaning of encomium

Noun

encomium (plural encomiums or encomia)

  1. Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
    • 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.1763, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, The History of Louisiana: Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing a Description of the Countries that Lye on both Sides of the River...
  2. (rhetoric) A general category of oratory.
  3. (rhetoric) 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.

Questions about encomiums

What is encomiums the plural of?
Encomiums is the plural of encomium.

Words near encomiums in the dictionary

  1. encomienda
  2. encomiendas
  3. encomion
  4. encomions
  5. encomium
  6. encomiums
  7. encompass
  8. encompassable
  9. encompassed
  10. encompasser
  11. encompassers

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