ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Encomion

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɛŋˈkəʊ.mi.ən/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Encomion is a noun meaning (obsolete) encomium; panegyric.

Meaning

(obsolete) encomium; panegyric.

Example Sentences

VVel this Encomion was not extemporall, it came too perfectly off.
[…]it’s the worth of theſe both Engliſh and Latin Poems, not the flouriſh of any prefixed encomions that can invite thee to buy them, though theſe are not without the higheſt Commendations and Applauſe of the learnedeſt Academicks, both domeſtick and forrein: […]

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Related dictionary entries include extolment, eloge, extollment, elogy, commemorization, exaltment.

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