panegury

[PANEGYRIC.) A festival; a public meeting. "At set and solemn paneguries , in theatres, porches, or what other place or way may win most upon the people." -Milton : Reason of Church Government, bk. ii. pěně-gyre (yras ir), 8. [PANEGYRIC.] Praise. (Sylvester: Maiden's Blush, Ded.) a crowd; ageiro to collect; Fr. panégyrique ; Ital. & Spanish panegirico . Panegyric , etymologically viewed, should primarily mean a speech at a great national gathering for festal purposes.] A. As substantive : 1. A eulogy written or spoken in praise of some person, act, or thing; an elaborate encomium. 2. Praise given to some person, act, or thing; laudation. B. As adj .: Of the nature of a panegyric; containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic, laudatory. "True fame demands not panegyric aid." Hart: Confe or. păn-ě-gr-ic, *păn-e-gyr-Ick, v . t . [PANEGYRIC, s. & a.] To praise, to eulogize. "I had rather be lampooned for a virtue than panegyrick'd for a vice." -Gentleman Instructed , p. 539. păn-ě-ġýr-Ic-al, a. [English panegyric ; -al .] The same as PANEGYRIC (q. v.). "In which panegyrical speeches there were used fre quent apostrophes." -South : Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 6. păn-ě-gr-ic-al-ly, adv . [English panegyr ical; ly.] In a panegyric manner; by way of a panegyric. *pă-něg-ý-ris, s. [Greek.] A festival; a public meeting. [PANEGYRIC.]