Accolade
The word accolade corresponds to an award or privilege that is granted as a special honour or as acknowledgement of merit. It also denotes touching a person’s shoulders with a sword as the bestowing of a knighthood..
Origin:
The word, which has been around since the 1620s, is from French accolade “an embrace, a kiss”. The original sense is of an embrace about the neck then the tapping of a sword on the shoulders to confer knighthood. The current popular meaning of “praise award” is registered from 1851. The word saw a steady rise in usage in the 20th Century, but has reduced slightly in the past few years.
Usage
The teacher won accolades for the distinct manner in which she conducted her classes.
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