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laudatory, a. and n.|ˈlɔːdətərɪ|
[ad. L. laudātōrius adj., f. laudāre to laud.]
A. adj. Expressive of praise; eulogistic. Const. of.
1555Abp. Parker Ps. 326 This laudatory is: and thankth God's gentlenes. a1633Austin Medit. (1635) 190 His [Christ's] Laudatory Sermon to the People concerning John. 1821Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) II. 44 The laudatory testimony inscribed upon it. 1824Bentham Bk. Fallacies Wks. 1843 II. 413 The object of laudatory personalities is to effect the rejection of a measure. 1838James Robber viii, Wiley muttered something not very laudatory of his companion. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. I. 291 An artist is not apt to speak in a very laudatory style of a brother artist. 1884Times (weekly ed.) 10 Oct. 13/1 Monumental inscriptions, laudatory of gods and kings.
†B. n. A laudatory discourse, a eulogy. Obs.
1620E. Blount Horae Subs. 353, I will not enter into a Laudatory thereof. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. 77 A laudatory of itself obtruded in the very first word.
Hence ˈlaudatorily adv.
1847Blackw. Mag. LXII. 323 A dangerous competitor recently and laudatorily noticed in the pages of Maga. |