Definitions
1.nounWarm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
2.nounA general category of oratory.
3.nounA method within rhetorical pedagogy.
4.nounThe eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
5.nounA 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.