laudātiō ōnis, f laudo, a praising, praise, commendation, eulogy, panegyric, encomium: tua, eulogy from you: laudationes eorum, qui sunt ab Homero laudati.

—In a court, a favorable testimony, eulogy: gravissima: falsa.

—A funeral oration, eulogy: est in manibus laudatio, quam cum legimus, etc.: mortuorum: matronarum, L.

—A laudatory address (from a province to the Roman Senate, in praise of a retiring governor).