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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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