Sentences with word «encomia»

I regard the posthumous encomia for Scalia as absurd.
Thus, when in January the Pope published his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, with its poetic encomia of erotic as well as other kinds of love, it came as a total surprise to some Catholics (despite the fact that it had been extensively trailed for some months previously).
In his response after the announcement of the results, Prof Olusola Eleka showered encomia on Fayose while thanking his rival Adeyeye for what he called his display of maturity.
If the nonsensical religious fascinations of today are not, in any classical or Christian sense, genuine pieties, they are nevertheless genuine — if deluded — expressions of grief, encomia for a forsaken and half - forgotten home, the prisoner's lament over a lost freedom.
The encomia, along with honorary degrees, overnights in the White House, prayers at two presidential inaugurations, featured remarks at three presidential prayer breakfasts, well - photographed golf outings with high - ranking politicians, repeated appearances on network television talk shows, and fraternizing with some of the richest and most powerful men in American, betokened deep comfort with the culture.
One was surprised too by the encomia for Roberto Mancini.
Ever since her mid-career survey opened at the New Museum this year, a kind of apotheosis has been underway for the Verdun - born, Brooklyn - based painter, whose MacArthur «Genius» grant win last year seems to have served as a challenge to critics to come up with new ways of calling her a «genius» in their encomia - frothing reviews.
The Fastcase 50's are, in the language of the encomia and in alphabetical order: courageous, interesting, and provocative... entrepreneurs, innovators, leaders, techies, trailblazers, and visionaries.
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