extolment

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Her coquettish displeasure and the asperity of her accent contrasted so oddly with her vehemently expressed attachment for her husband and extolment of his virtues, that Mrs. Sutton regarded her in speechless amazement.

From At Last by Harland, Marion

A forcing Adamant: Love, mixt with fear and doubtful jealousy, Whether report guilded a worthless trunk, Or Amadine deserved her high extolment.

From Locrine/Mucedorus by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

There are times of praise, adoration, extolment, when thankfulness is more exuberant, runs over into bursting joy, and times when longing desire carries us into the very bosom of God.

From The Right Knock A Story by Van-Anderson, Helen

A forcing adamant: Love, mix'd with fear and doubtful jealousy: Whether report gilded a worthless trunk, Or Amadine deserved her high extolment.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

Culture then is the extolment of our being, the formation of our spirit, or better, its liberation and its beatification.

From The Reform of Education by Gentile, Giovanni