? Obs. [f. as prec. + -MENT. Cf. F. extollement (Godefr. 1571).] The action of extolling or praising; eulogy.

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1602.  Shaks., Ham., V. ii. 121. In the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul of great article.

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1640.  Sir E. Dering, Proper Sacrif. (1644), 17. If … two Fathers … for honour to the … sacrament, should in the extollment of it passe an earnest word.

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1813.  W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., LXX. 500. Cicero’s extolments of Cato and others.

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