The art, practice, or body of formal praises and encomiums considered as a collective discipline.
From Greek enkōmion + -umia (variant abstract noun ending). Another Latinized Greek construction emphasizing the systematic or artistic practice of composing praises.
Scholars in the Renaissance literally invented this word to discuss 'the discipline of praising'—it's a prime example of how dead languages let intellectuals sound learned while discussing concepts that don't really need such elaborate terms.
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