Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Encomium

Encomium , noun

[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} (a song) chanted in a Bacchic festival in praise of the god; {not transcribed} in + {not transcribed} a jovial festivity, revel. See Comedy.]

Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.
His encomiums awakened all my ardor. — W. Irving