encomium.

An extended or ceremonious expression of admiration for a person or achievement.

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Words that belong together

• deliver an encomium
• an encomium to courage
• a lavish encomium

On the page

The retiring director received an encomium that tactfully omitted his last disastrous year.

Her essay became an encomium to the women whose names the archive had forgotten.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Singular encomium; plural encomiums or encomia. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.