EULOGIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eulogium mean? 

• EULOGIUM (noun)
  The noun EULOGIUM has 1 sense:

1. a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently

  Familiarity information: EULOGIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EULOGIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

eulogium; eulogy

Hypernyms ("eulogium" is a kind of...):

congratulations; extolment; kudos; praise (an expression of approval and commendation)

 Context examples 

Then, he launched into a general eulogium on the Commons.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Now so long divided from everybody who knew the place, she felt it quite the voice of a friend when he mentioned it, and led the way to her fond exclamations in praise of its beauties and comforts, and by his honourable tribute to its inhabitants allowed her to gratify her own heart in the warmest eulogium, in speaking of her uncle as all that was clever and good, and her aunt as having the sweetest of all sweet tempers.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

On which Mr. Micawber delivered an eulogium on Mrs. Micawber's character, and said she had ever been his guide, philosopher, and friend, and that he would recommend me, when I came to a marrying time of life, to marry such another woman, if such another woman could be found.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)