Obs. rare. Anglicized form of ENCOMIUM.
1533. Cranmer, in Ellis, Orig. Lett., I. 114, II. 38. Diverse other encomyes spoken of chyldren.
1542. Becon, David’s Harp, Wks. (1843), 285. He will … lift it up with perpetual encomies, lauds, and praises.
1544. Bale, in Sel. Wks. (1849), 7. Many popish parasites … have written large commendations and encomies of those.
