encomiastic

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It is the encomiastic mood that makes them so charming.

From A Wanderer in Venice by Morley, Harry

A lofty but rude cairn marks the Admiral's first footprints on the shores of the wreck-strewn Bahamas, and many a monument or encomiastic inscription denotes spots sacred to the history of his indomitable resolve.

From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)

The last contains notices of the most distinguished individuals of the court of Henry IV., which, although too indiscriminately encomiastic, are valuable subsidiaries to an accurate acquaintance with the prominent actors of the period.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 by Prescott, William Hickling

In rhetoric, they say the first part was demonstrative or encomiastic, the second deliberative, the third judicial.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

At the publication the wits seemed proud to pay their attendance with encomiastic verses.

From Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel