† elogyn.
Obsolete.
1. An explanatory inscription, esp. on a monument or a portrait. Cf. elogium n. 1.
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society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > other types of inscription
epitaph1387
elogy1605
remembrancea1616
elogiuma1699
manusculpta1859
laudation1868
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Dd1v Many..personages..deserue better then dispersed report, or barren Elogies . View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 209 The effigies of the several Dukes, with their Elogies.
1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 422 In several pastboords hung their elogies.
1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 47 His Statue or Picture, with an Elogy under it, shall be placed in the Galery.
2. A brief summary of a person's character; a characterization; usually in favourable sense, a eulogy, expression of praise.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun]
encomy1542
eloge1566
celebrating1573
elogium1576
encomium1589
eulogy1591
encomion1601
panegyry1602
panegyric1603
panegyre1604
laudative1605
elogy1612
laudatory1620
encomiasm1634
encomiastica1637
panegyris1646
orgya1657
eulogium1706
panegyrism1894
1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion iv. Illustr. 70 But for Arthur, you shall best know him in this elogie. This is that Arthur, etc.
1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxiii. sig. E9v No man..comes off more with the Elogie of a kind Gentleman.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1638 (1955) II. 21 One Stokes..did..set forth a pretty booke, which was publish'd with many witty Elogies before it.
1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Elogie, a report in praise or dispraise of a thing.
1704 Earl of Cromarty Speech in London Gaz. No. 4037/5 An Elogie or Panegerick on Her Majesty.
1740 S. Johnson Blake in Wks. IV. 369 We must then admit, amidst our elogies and applauses.
3. A biographical notice (usually of a deceased person).
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the world > life > death > obsequies > obituary > [noun] > biographical notice
elogy1644
eulogy1703
1644 in J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce Testimonies sig. A4 (heading) Iacobus Verheiden..in his Elogies of famous Divines.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 217 As Paulus Jovius hath delivered in his Elogie of learned men. View more context for this quotation
1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. 74 Of such before as writ his Acts or Elogie, Some Records doe unto this day remain.
4. A funeral oration.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > a funeral > funeral oration
eulogy1591
elogy1677
elogec1725
elogium1776
monody1781
in memoriam1850
oraison funèbre1856
1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 197 His Funerals are kept in the Church of St. Mark; and his Elogy pronounced in presence of the Senat.
1689 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 296 She..had her obsequies celebrated..by a solemn procession, and elogy of all the witness of that renowned city.
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