Figure Name | eulogia |
Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm); Peacham; De Mille (1882) ("eulogy") |
Earliest Source | None |
Synonyms | |
Etymology | Gk. "a blessing" |
Type | Chroma |
Linguistic Domain |
Semantic |
Definition |
1. Pronouncing a blessing for the goodness in a person. (Silva Rhetoricae) 2. Eulogia, in Latine Benedictio, is a forme of speech by which the Orator pronounceth a blessing uppon some person for the goodnesse that is in him or her. (Peacham) 3. 547. EULOGY. |
Example |
2. An example of king David: "And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said unto them: Blessed are ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed such kindnesse unto your Lord Saul, that you have buried him." 2.Sam.8.2.5. (Peacham) 2. "Blessed is the man which considereth the poore and needie." (Psal.41. in Peacham) 2. "Blessed be God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ." (2 Cor.5. in Peacham) 2. "Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he commeth shall finde waking." (Luc.12. in Peacham) "Happie are the people that be in such a case, yea blessed are the people which have the Lord for their God." (Psal.144. in Peacham) |
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Part Of | |
Related Figures | benedictio, figures of exclamation |
Notes | |
Confidence | Unconfident |
Last Editor | Samantha Price |
Confidence | Unconfident |
Editorial Notes | |
Reviewed | No |