encomium
/ɛŋˈkəʊ.mɪ.əm//ɛnˈkoʊ.mɪ.əm/
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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