eulogium

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No laboured eulogium -- no lengthened panegyric could have described more significantly the character of the dying villager of Bethany.

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  1. Eulogy, or a eulogy. [Now rare.] A lavish and undistinguishing eulogium is not praise. Ames, Works, II. 72.
  2. Synonyms See eulogy.

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  • And that fraternal affection may not be supposed to have dictated this eulogium, the following impartial testimonies of its correctness are appended, in justice to the memory of one whom a combination of cruel circumstances drove to a distant land to shed that blood, and to yield that life, winch he had in vain sought to devote to his own country. —  The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock
  • I suppose the eulogium is meant in both senses of the word. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
  • The deed which had called forth this eulogium was certainly well worthy of praise. —  The Grateful Indian And other Stories
  • This process superinduces another favourite theme of eulogium--namely, the unparalleled hue and tone (of colour) imparted by the old Italian varnish--a hue, he is sure to inform you, which it is impossible to imitate by any modern nostrums--_twang_. —  The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators
  • And the great abundance of salutations here, and the honourable titles which the Apostle gives to the Christians of whom he speaks, and many of whom he signalises as having done great service, are a kind of certificate on his part to the vigorous life which, without any apostolic supervision or official direction, had developed itself there in that Church Now, it is to be noticed that this striking form of eulogium which is attached to our Persis she shares in common with others in the group. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)
 

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  1. from Middle Latin eulogium, eulogy: see eulogy.
 

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