Noun
Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to a later edition of the Encomium, the English took the initiative in communicating with Harthacnut in 1039, possibly when they became aware that Harold had not long to live. Source: Internet
At the end of his history of Marcus' reign, Cassius Dio wrote an encomium to the emperor, and described the transition to Commodus, to Dio's own times, with sorrow. Source: Internet
At that supper, then, Mary received the glorious encomium, "she hath wrought a good work upon Me. Source: Internet
; Girolamo Cardano In 1562 Girolamo Cardano published in Basel his Encomium Neronis, which was one of the first historical references of the Modern era to portray Nero in a positive light. Source: Internet
Jebb entertained the possibility that this work survives in the form of the Encomium of Helen ascribed to Gorgias : "It appears not improbable that Anaximenes may have been the real author of the work ascribed to Gorgias." Source: Internet
In 1993, Cracker contributed the song " Good Times Bad Times " to the Encomium tribute album to Led Zeppelin (which was recorded after a rendition of " When the Levee Breaks " had been deemed "too weird"). Source: Internet