Obs. [L. ēlogium a short saying, an inscription on a tombstone; this word and its mod. forms seem to have been confused with EULOGIUM, EULOGY.]
1. An explanatory inscription.
a. 1699. Stillingfl., Serm., I. viii. (R.). The elogium of his cross, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.
2. = ELOGY 2–4.
1570–6. Lambarde, Peramb. Kent (1826), 251. Where he bestoweth this honourable Elogium upon him.
1683. D. A., Art Converse, 54. Let your Elogium’s be alwaies within the circumference of common sense.
1761. London & Environs, IV. 142–3 (Jod.). To prevent posterity being deceived by the pompous elogiums bestowed on this bridge.
a. 1764. Dodsley, Art Preach., 99. In elogiums, ’tis the art, With plain simplicity to win the heart.
a. 1789. Burney, Hist. Mus. (ed. 2), I. lx. 166. Posterity … will … meet with their names and elogiums.
