panegyric
\ pan-i-JIR-ik, -JAHY-rik \, noun;
1.a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
2.formal or elaborate praise.
Quotes:
And I hope this little panegyric will not be offensive to their ears, since it has the advantage of being only designed for themselves.
-- Jonathan Swift," A Tale of a Tub ," 1704
Then had come Lord Henry Wotton with his strange panegyric on youth, his terrible warning of its brevity.
-- Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Gray ," 1891
Origin:
Panegyric comes from the Greek word panḗgyr(is) meaning "solemn assembly." It entered English at the end of the 1500s.
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