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Definition of Encomiastic

Encomiastic
Encomiastic En*co`mi*as"tic, Encomiastical En*co`mi*as"tic*al, a. [Gr. ?.] Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.
Encomiastic
Encomiastic En*co`mi*as"tic, n. A panegyric. --B. Jonson.

Meaning of Encomiastic from wikipedia

- before the conversion to Christianity, thereafter usually historical and encomiastic, detailing the deeds of the skald's patron. The tradition continued into...
- the title has been much debated; it has been described as "a term of encomiastic poetry" but there is also evidence that it implied a definite role of...
- given to the meaning of this word. It has been described as a term "of encomiastic poetry", but there also is evidence that it implied a definite role of...
- spent lavishly at the cost of his citizens. Whether one reads the Gr**** encomiastic sources, or the Latin and oriental sources, the impression is consistent...
- Jonson's most extended effort at love poetry; various religious pieces; encomiastic poems including the poem to Shakespeare and a sonnet on Mary Wroth; the...
- unknown, except for a reference by an unknown poet who claimed in an encomiastic poem of her that she descended from the Aeneads. The couple had several...
- Portuguese Poetry' (nrs. 9,11 and 12). These writings were strongly encomiastic to saudosist literature, namely the poetry of Teixeira de Pascoaes and...
- been the subject of much debate; it has been described as a term "of encomiastic poetry", but there also is evidence that it implied a definite role of...
- Ltd. pp. 293–302. Foster, J. Andrew (2006). "Arsinoe II as Epic Queen: Encomiastic Allusion in Theocritus, Idyll 15". Transactions of the American Philological...
- title La lira (The Lyre) in 1614, which is made up of erotic verse, encomiastic and sacred pieces, arranged either by theme (sea poems, rustic poems...