eulogium

[ yoo-loh-jee-uhm ]

/ yuˈloʊ dʒi əm /

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a eulogy.

eulogistic language.

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1700–10; <Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin eu-eu- + (ē)logium inscription on a tombstone

It is because more attention is then paid to art than to eloquence, which is no great eulogium.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
When a man has had produced before him for his own and sole delectation any article or articles, how can he avoid eulogium?
Orley Farm|Anthony Trollope
But her mother said never a word after that eulogium which she had uttered, and Madeline read that eulogium altogether aright.
Orley Farm|Anthony Trollope
The awkwardness of the manner in which I have sometimes bestowed eulogium has done me more harm than the severity of my censure.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete|Jean Jacques Rousseau

She was scarcely gone, when Miss Mortimer came in; and, full of my charming visiter, I instantly began to pronounce her eulogium.
Discipline|Mary Brunton