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Encomium

British pronunciation/ɛnkˈə‍ʊmi‍əm/
American pronunciation/ɛnˈkɔˌmɪəm/
Encomium
[NOUN]
1

a formal expression of praise

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1i think this is not necessarily an encomium to shop infrastructure because it looks totally chaotic
2Not only does Thucydides thoroughly support the strategy of Pericles, he writes an encomium on the death of Nicias that raises him to the level of Pericles or higher in his own estimation.
3[Laughter] David, I would imagine, is maybe a little tired of all the encomiums and words of praise that writers like me heap on the National Archives.
4For I did not choose to write an encomium of ourselves, but I consider this to be the most just form of defense against the many false accusations against us.
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