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  • See Tillem. t. i. p. 423 ; also Nicetas Paphlagon. in his Encomium Simonis Zelotse Ap. published by F.

    Chris Hitchens meets the Christians | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • An August Encomium -- I heard Edward Moore Kennedy sing that song once, leading everyone at his holiday party through the Woody Guthrie verses with unforgettable joie de vivre, while dressed in a lion ...

    Jamie Stiehm: So Long, It's Been Good to Know You, Senator 2009

  • An August Encomium -- I heard Edward Moore Kennedy sing that song once, leading everyone at his holiday party through the Woody Guthrie verses with unforgettable joie de vivre, while dressed in a lion ...

    Jamie Stiehm: So Long, It's Been Good to Know You, Senator 2009

  • An August Encomium -- I heard Edward Moore Kennedy sing that song once, leading everyone at his holiday party through the Woody Guthrie verses with unforgettable joie de vivre, while dressed in a lion's costume.

    Jamie Stiehm: So Long, It's Been Good to Know You, Senator 2009

  • A troubling sign of increased tensions occurred earlier in 1519 when the dean, Briart, speaking at the formal promotion of a doctoral candidate, bitterly denounced Encomium matrimonii, a book that Erasmus had written many years ago in honor of the marriage of his friend Lord Mountjoy but had published only recently.

    Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

  • The event will be moderated by Femi Akintunde-Johnson, former Entertainment Editor of The Punch newspaper, who later went on to co-found FAME and Encomium magazines, and now publishes Treasure magazine.

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  • The event will be moderated by Femi Akintunde-Johnson, former Entertainment Editor of The Punch newspaper, who later went on to co-found FAME and Encomium magazines, and now publishes Treasure magazine.

    FELAversation Winner of the Prince Claus Award 2006 2006

  • Encomium refers to what he has actually done; the mention of accessories, such as good birth and education, merely helps to make our story credible-good fathers are likely to have good sons, and good training is likely to produce good character.

    Rhetoric Aristotle 2002

  • His Encomium Moriae (Praise of Folly, 1509) satirized the foibles of individuals and of institutions, especially Monasticism; his Colloqui likewise contain criticisms of contemporary usage.

    1558-64 2001

  • To Speusippus (ca. 395-339 B.C.) and his Encomium of Plato (Diogenes Laërtius 3.2), we owe the curious tale that Plato's father, Ariston, attempted to force his own wife Perictione, but to no avail.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas JAMES PHILIP 1968

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  • Encomium

    en-KO-mee-əm

    Part of speech: noun

    Origin: Latin, mid 16th century

    A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.

    July 27, 2021

  • see encomium

    July 29, 2021