On this word Mr. Pickering has the following remarks: "A writer in the Monthly Anthology (Vol. I. p. 609) observes that 'eulogium is not an English word.' But the writer is certainly mistaken. It is in common use with all the English and Scottish reviewers; and occurs much oftener, I think, than the Anglicized term eulogy."--Pickering's Vocabulary.
It is singular that this word is not to be found in either edition of Johnson's Dictionary, nor in the additions of Mr. Todd, or Mason. Walker did not insert it until his fourth edition in 1806. Mr. Jodrell has inserted the word in his Philology on the English Language, and gives examples of its use; it may also be found in the 9th edition (1840) of Knowles's English Dictionary.
The epitaph on Cragg's monument, in Westminster Abbey, is an eulogium on that statesman, taken from Pope's Epistle to Addison.--Sir John Hawkins, Life of Johnson, p. 538.
I cannot make a higher eulogium of Mrs. Stanley, than to say that she is every way worthy of the husband whose happiness she makes.--Cœlebs, Vol. I. p. 142.
To prevent posterity being deceived by the pompous eulogiums bestowed on this bridge, which has been styled the wonder of the world, &c.--London and Environs, Vol. IV. p. 143. (1761).