Definition of Encomium. Meaning of Encomium. Synonyms of Encomium

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Definition of Encomium

Encomium
Encomium En*co"mi*um, n.; pl. Encomiums. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (a song) chanted in a Bacchic festival in praise of the god; ? in + ? a jovial festivity, revel. See Comedy.] Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. --W. Irving. Syn: See Eulogy.

Meaning of Encomium from wikipedia

- Encomium (pl.: encomia) is a Latin word deriving from the Ancient Gr**** enkomion (ἐγκώμιον), meaning "the praise of a person or thing." Another Latin equivalent...
- also translated as The Praise of Folly (Latin: Stultitiae Laus or Moriae Encomium), is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam...
- in rivalry with Harold Harefoot. Emma is the central figure within the Encomium Emmae Reginae, a critical source for the history of early-11th-century...
- Encomium of Helen. Of the three divisions of rhetoric discussed by Aristotle in his Rhetoric (forensic, deliberative, and epideictic), the Encomium can...
- Encomium Magazine is a Nigerian magazine published by Encomium Ventures Limited. The magazine has started publishing since 1997. Its head office is located...
- Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin is a tribute album by various artists dedicated to Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records on March 14, 1995. Many...
- Encomium Emmae Reginae or Gesta Cnutonis Regis is an 11th-century Latin encomium in honour of the English queen Emma of Normandy. It was written in 1041...
- Time's Encomium (Jan. 1968-Jan. 1969, 31'43") is an electronic, four channel, musical composition by Charles Wuorinen for synthesized and processed synthesized...
- ISBN 978-87-635-0781-3. Encomium Emmae Reginae: Cnutonis regis Gesta sive Encomium Emmae reginae (edition 1865) (in Latin) and Encomium Emmae reginae. Edited...
- accounts of Sweyn's later life also appear in the Encomium Emmae Reginae, an 11th-century Latin encomium in honour of his son king Cnut's queen Emma of Normandy...