eulogium

American  

[yoo-loh-jee-uhm] / yuˈloʊ dʒi əm /

noun

plural

eulogiums, eulogia

1. a eulogy.

2. eulogistic language.

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Etymology

Origin of eulogium

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

Example Sentences

As that judicious author of the Apologetical Relation, whose labours need no eulogium to commend them.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

His best eulogium, it has been truly said, consists in the fallacies which he exposed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

We must conclude that the poet was under high patronage from the fact that his volume is introduced by an eulogium written by Simon Macrin, the King's First Gentleman of the Bedchamber.

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de

I bade Mignonne adieu, in order to escape Madame Potrelle's eulogium.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de

It seemed to me that that homely speech was as fine an eulogium of the dead as could have been spoken by the most cultured tongue.

From A Cabinet Secret by Boothby, Guy Newell