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    [Noun]  | "pan*e*gy*ric" | \ ˌpa-nə-ˈjir-ik \


    1: a eulogistic oration or writing; also : formal or elaborate praise


    Origin: 1603 ;

     Latin panegyricus, from Greek panēgyrikos, from panēgyrikos of or for a festival assembly, from panēgyris festival assembly, from pan- + agyris assembly; akin to Greek ageirein to gather;

    [Noun]  | "panegyric" 


    1: a formal expression of praise;


      * e.g., " ... wrote a panegyric on the centennial of the Nobel laureate's birth "



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     [ "panegyric" ]

    1: A eulogistic oration or writing, similar to an elegy with the difference being in its higher level of formality. A highly complex and specialized piece of music devoted to the eulogy of a person or thing may possibly be refered to as a panegyric instead of an elegy, though this use is rare.

      * e.g.,  ... Dr. Flanders delivered his powerfully moving panegyric to what remained, ironically enough, a still body of mourners from Karl Marx's community. for those eleven and a half minutes it seemed that nothing could sway them. 

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