encomium

noun5

1. •
   Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.

   • I rejoined our people, and expected a reprimand for having forced the enemy without orders; though I had my excuse ready. But here I was mistaken; for I met with nothing but encomiums. — 1763
2. •
   The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   (rhetoric) A general category of oratory.
5. •
   (rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.