But at the moment we don't know if the post was simply an expression of approval or praise for the Islamic State's leader or activities, or a full pledge of allegiance, a bayat.
Mr. Amano's trip to Japan was meant to heal the communications rift, and his public comments Monday to a special meeting of the agency's board read like an expression of condolence and praise for Japanese heroism.
It is prior to, and the basis of, any subsequent expression of praise or admiration.
Latowsky removes Charlemagne's encounters with the East from their long-presumed Crusading context and shows how a story that began as a rhetorical commonplace of imperial praise evolved over the centuries as an expression of Christian Roman universalism.
Such a discourse, filled with lofty expressions of praise, would reflect the ancient roots of the 17-day festival that ended here Sunday.
Real, authentic expressions of praise from an actual client are always more powerful than solicited, contrived testimonials.
For the holder of the consequentialist view, this is a judgment that the agent exercised a form of control that could be influenced through outward expressions of praise and blame in order to curb or promote certain behaviors.
Typically, they included expressions of praise — often extravagant — for the work of the previous weeks.
