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Encomiast

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who delivers an encomium or eulogy.

    "Another manifestation, significantly reaching its apogee in the midst of Antonine virtues, was the growing popularity of adoxographical exercises. Mock panegyrics were dashed off, not just by sardonic intellectuals such as Lucian, but also by trained courtiers and polished encomiasts of the stamp of [Marcus Cornelius] Fronto."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγκωμιαστής (enkōmiastḗs).

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