panegyric
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- noun
- /ˌpænəˈdʒɪrɪk/
- Formal
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panegírico
- Insisting on the genuineness of the sentiment expressed by Bruni, Baron states: "The best that Bruni's panegyric had to say about Florence was not borrowed from any ancient or medieval precedent."
- Bruni's panegyric
Examples
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His stanzas are a final panegyric to the life of sexuality and worldliness that the book has been preaching.
Academic text (2003) -
Yet, Quintilian had argued more than a century before that a speech of praise must have the semblance of truth, even while offering advice about how to construct a panegyric that would result in formulaic commonplaces.
Academic text (2004) -
But if so, panegyric has fallen on hard times.
Academic text (1996) -
Thinking with the Presocratics: A Panegyric on the History of Philosophy.
Academic text (2017) -
The panegyric narrates the construction of a church at Pbow, positioning Victor as the central character.
Academic text (2004) -
Carmen 7 is a panegyric to his father-in-law Avitus on his inauguration as emperor.
Blog text (1) -
Years later, a pseudonymous panegyric to the Pachomian abbot Victor purports to celebrate the dedication of a church at Pbow.
Academic text (2004) -
A shift in literary genre, or subgenre, has occurred, in which Manetti detours from telling the life story of the architect to delivering what is, in effect, a panegyric of the patron.
Academic text (2015) -
The last literary source with parallels to Canon 7 is a panegyric to Pachomius and to Victor, general abbot of the Pachomian monasteries in the early to mid-fifth century.
Academic text (2004) -
At the award ceremony, the mayor gave a panegyric honoring the community's achievements.
Synonyms
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A song, speech, or piece of writing that gives strong praise
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An expression of strong praise for someone or something
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A speech or piece of writing that praises someone highly
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An excited speech or writing that gives strong praise
A lot of praise for someone or something
How Praiseful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Panegyric comes from Greek parts like pan- meaning 'all' and a word for a public 'gathering', because it began as a speech given to everyone at a festival to praise a person. So a panegyric today is a formal speech or text that gives high praise.