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Synonyms for panegyric
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : pan-i-jir-ik, -jahy-rik |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpæn ɪˈdʒɪr ɪk, -ˈdʒaɪ rɪk |
Définition of panegyric
Origin :- "eulogy, laudation," c.1600, from French panégyrique (1510s), from Latin panegyricus "public eulogy," originally an adjective, "for a public festival," from Greek panegyrikos (logos) "(a speech) given in a public assembly," from panegyris "public assembly (especially in honor of a god)," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + agyris "place of assembly," Aeolic form of agora (see agora).
- adj laudatory
- I could not endure to change my invective into panegyric all at once, and so soon.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The object of his discourse was a panegyric of himself and a satire on all other conjurors.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- He pronounced the panegyric of Robespierre, and the apotheosis of Marat.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
- The Menexenus veils in panegyric the weak places of Athenian history.
- Extract from : « Menexenus » by Plato
- Or again, let us suppose that both should have occasion to pronounce a panegyric.
- Extract from : « Hiero » by Xenophon
- There is no need for panegyric, for sounding phrases or rounded periods.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- Philibert looked on his friend admiringly, at this panegyric of the woman he loved.
- Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
- His book is neither a panegyric on clericalism nor a libel on it.
- Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
- But with all this panegyric, he does not seem to have been careful to be just to the memory of his hero.
- Extract from : « Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather » by Charles W. Upham
- I could not resist uttering this panegyric on our well-loved captain.
- Extract from : « Marmaduke Merry » by William H. G. Kingston
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