eulogium
(juːˈləʊdʒɪəm)
Pl. eulogiums; also 8 eulogia.
[a. med.L. eulogium, app. formed by a confusion between ēlogium (see eulogium) and eulogia (see eulogy), being used in both senses.]
A laudatory discourse; a formal expression of praise; = eulogy 1.
| 1706 Phillips, Eulogium, an Elogy, a praising or speaking well of. 1711 Addison Spect. No. 68 ¶2 He..falls into a general eulogium of friendship. 1789 Bentham Princ. Legisl. xiii. §6 Allowing nothing to approach the throne but mercenary eulogiums. 1808 Med. Jrnl. XIX. 464 Just eulogia on the Navy and Army practitioners. 1838 Dickens Nich. Nick. xxv, These remarks put a termination to Mr. Crummles's eulogium. 1848 H. Miller First Impr. ii. (1857) 20, I realized..the justice of the eulogium of Thomson on the art of the architect. |
b. Eulogistic speaking; = eulogy 1 b.
| 1802 Paris as it was II. lxviii. 334 A master-piece of art, which is above all eulogium. 1862 Trollope Orley F. vi, They are very nice..How can he avoid eulogium? |