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encomion

Noun CEFR B2
ɛŋˈkəʊ.mi.ən

Definitions

encomium; panegyric

obsolete

Examples

“VVel this Encomion was not extemporall, it came too perfectly off.”
“[…]it’s the worth of theſe both Engliſh and Latin Poems, not the flouriſh of any prefixed encomions that can invite⟳ thee to buy⟳ them, though theſe are not without the higheſt Commendations and Applauſe of the learnedeſt Academicks, both domeſtick and forrein: […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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