collaudationn.
/kɒlɔːˈdeɪʃən/ Obsolete or archaic.
1. Warm praise, high commendation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun]
lofeOE
heryingc897
lovingeOE
hereworda1100
pricec1225
laudc1384
magnifyingc1384
allowancec1390
loange1390
lof-wordc1390
roosec1390
commendation1393
commendinga1400
presa1400
commendmentc1400
praisea1425
roosinga1425
lauding1489
lovage1489
laudationa1500
magnificationa1500
predication1528
extolling1558
advancement1564
celebrating1573
plauda1593
applause1600
extolment1604
panegyric1613
collaudation1623
commendatinga1625
say-well1629
renown1631
euge1658
extollation1661
eulogy1725
acclaim1759
eulogism1761
encomium1785
eulogium1803
commemoration1823
glorification1850
laudification1890
bualadh bos1908
kudos to ——1936
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Praise..Enchomion, Collaudation.
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 350 The Rhetorical Collaudations, with the Honourable Epithites given to their persons.
1832 Syd. Smith in Mem. & Lett. (1855) II. No. 332 I could not help writing a letter of congratulation and collaudation to Morier, the author.
1874 C. Wordsworth Perversions to Rome 15 Pharisaic condemnation of others and..self-complacent collaudations of ourselves.
2. ? A praising along with others.
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1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 113 The Collaudation and Confirmation of the People was nothing but an outward approbation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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