1. [noun] Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
2. [noun] (rhetoric) A general category of oratory.
3. [noun] (rhetoric) A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
4. [noun] The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
5. [noun] (literature) 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.
6. [noun] A formal expression of praise.
