panegyric
[pan-i-jir-ik, -jahy-rik]
noun
a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
formal or elaborate praise.
Origin of panegyric
Synonyms for panegyric
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Historical Examples of panegyric
I could not endure to change my invective into panegyric all at once, and so soon.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
The object of his discourse was a panegyric of himself and a satire on all other conjurors.
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
He pronounced the panegyric of Robespierre, and the apotheosis of Marat.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, CompleteLewis Goldsmith
The Menexenus veils in panegyric the weak places of Athenian history.
MenexenusPlato
Or again, let us suppose that both should have occasion to pronounce a panegyric.
HieroXenophon
panegyric
noun
Word Origin for panegyric
C17: via French and Latin from Greek, from panēguris public gathering, from pan- + aguris assembly
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