Definition of "encomia"

Needless to say the obituaries for Hefner, even if they acknowledge the seaminess, have been full of encomia for his great deeds: Hef the vanquisher of puritanism, Hef the political progressive, Hef the great businessman and all the rest.

2017 September 30, Ross Douthat, “Speaking Ill of Hugh Hefner”, in New York Times‎