Definition of "éloge" [eloge]

• An expression of praise. (noun)
• A statement or disquisition in praise of someone who has died. (noun)
• Specifically, the statement made by a new member of the French Academy about his predecessor. (noun)

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• "I shall be proud and bound to help in any way about the eloge, which is rather a heavy tax on proposers of medals, as I found about"
• "The chief subject of C. Fox's harangue yesterday was an eloge upon economy, and Jack Townshend, (154) who spoke for the second time, rehearsed these maxims of his preceptor."
• "I really believe, if any man ever went through life with consummate discretion, it has been himself, and he has preserved his reputation at the same time, or else I should not give his conduct this eloge."