Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Laudatory
Laud′a·to·ry (la̤d′ȧ·tō·ry̆), a. [L. laudatorius: cf. OF. laudatoire.] Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden. Sir J. Stephen.