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encomiums

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noun

Say it like: Enc-omiu-ms

The correct spelling is encomiums. Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.

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  1. 1.Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
  2. 2.A general category of oratory.
  3. 3.A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
  4. 4.The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
  5. 5.A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.

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