extolmentn.
/ɛkˈstɒlmənt/ ? Obsolete.
The action of extolling or praising; eulogy.
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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
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 107 + 10 In the veritie of extolment, I take him to be a soule of great article.
1640 E. Dering Disc. Proper Sacrifice (1644) 17 If..two Fathers..for honour to the..sacrament, should in the extollment of it passe an earnest word.
1813 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 70 500 Cicero's extolments of Cato and others.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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