panegyrist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of panegyrist
1595–1605; < Late Latin panēgyrista < Greek panēgyristḗs one who takes part in a public festival or assembly, equivalent to panēgyr ( izein ) to celebrate a public festival ( see panegyrize) + -istēs -ist
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You will call me a panegyrist of Republicanism, or of France.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various
He was a diligent panegyrist of country life and country ways, but no single work of his in this class comes up to the masterpieces of Ronsard, Du Bellay, and Belleau.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
Canovai was another biographer, and a still warmer panegyrist.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Bartolom? de las Casas
As an opponent of the Encyclopaedists and a panegyrist of Louis XV., he received considerable pensions.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
"Envy," it has been said, "permits every one to be the panegyrist of his own probity, but not of his own wit."
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
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