A form or system of praise; the practice or art of composing encomiums or formal praises.
Constructed from Greek enkōmion + -ia (noun-forming suffix creating abstract nouns). This is a Latinized Greek form emphasizing the *system or practice* of praising rather than individual praises.
This ultra-obscure word shows how Renaissance scholars invented new Latin-Greek hybrids to discuss intellectual concepts—it's like academic fan fiction, creating words that almost nobody would ever actually use in conversation.
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