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12 words match “EULOGY”

EULOGY n.
speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth. Eulogies turn into elegies. Spenser.
COMMENDATORY n.
A commendation; eulogy. [R.] "Commendatories to our affection." Sharp.
DEMONSTRATIVE a.
Consisting of eulogy or of invective. "Demonstrative eloquence." Blair. Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.
ELOGIUM; ELOGY n.
The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.
EULOGIC; EULOGICAL a.
Bestowing praise of eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic. [R.] -- Eu*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]
EULOGISTIC; EULOGISTICAL a.
Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse. -- Eu"lo*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.
EULOGIUM n.
A formal eulogy. Smollett.
LAUDATIVE n.
A panegyric; a eulogy. [Obs.] Bacon.
PANEGYRIC n.
An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.
PANEGYRIC; PANEGYRICAL a.
Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory. "Panegyric strains." Pope. -- Pan`e*gyr"ic*al*ly, adv. Some of his odes are panegyrical. Dryden.
PANEULOGISM n.
Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise. [R.] Her book has a trace of the cant of paneulogism. National Rev.
TONGUE n.
Honorable discourse; eulogy. [Obs.] She was born noble; let that title find her a private grave, but neither tongue nor honor. Beau. & Fl.