‖ eˈlogium Obs.
[L. ēlogium a short saying, an inscription on a tombstone; this word and its mod. forms seem to have been confused with eulogium, eulogy.]
1. An explanatory inscription.
| a 1699 Stillingfl. Serm. I. viii. (R.) The elogium of his cross, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. |
2. = elogy 2–4.
| 1570–6 Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 251 Where he bestoweth this honourable Elogium upon him. 1683 D. A. Art Converse 54 Let your Elogium's be alwaies within the circumference of common sense. a 1764 Dodsley Art Preach. 99 In elogiums, 'tis the art, With plain simplicity to win the heart. a 1789 Burney Hist. Mus. (ed. 2) I. lx. 166 Posterity..will..meet with their names and elogiums. |