eulogium
Americannoun
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a eulogy.
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eulogistic language.
Etymology
Origin of eulogium
1700–10; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin eu- eu- + ( ē ) logium inscription on a tombstone
Example Sentences
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He constantly invited him to lunch or dinner at his club, introduced him to all his friends in terms of the highest eulogium, and repeated over and over again the story of his heroic action.
From The Lost Heir by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
William Clapp broke out into a warm eulogium on the virtues of "Muster Allonba!"
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
What an elegant panegyrist you are! in three words you have comprized his eulogium, which I should have spent hours about, and not so compleated at last.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
A discriminating yet warm eulogium of the message was pronounced by the New York Nation, which was then in the sixth month of its existence.
From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace
It had been settled, inter alia, that the said Earl was to pronounce an eulogium over the grave, after the fashion of French Academicians in the P�re la Chaise.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
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