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▪ I. extolling, vbl. n.|ɛkˈstɒlɪŋ, ɛkˈstəʊlɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. extol.
1558Act 1 Eliz. c. i. §27 If any Person..shall..execute any Thing for the Extolling..or Defence of any such..usurped Jurisdiction. 1560Declar. Faith in Neal Hist. Purit. (1732) I. 161, I do utterly disallow the extolling of Images. 1620Shelton Quix. ii. xxv. 164 These praises and extollings doe more properly belong to you then mee. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. xxvi. 306 The extolling of the Bishop of Rome made præmunire for the second offence. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. xii. 75 A third [injunction] forbade the extolling the special virtues of images and relics.
▪ II. exˈtolling, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That extols or praises. Hence exˈtollingly adv., in an extolling manner, in commendation or praise.
1886Argosy July 70 A celebrated physician spoke to me extollingly of Bath. |