Pan`e*gyr"ic (?), Pan`e*gyr"ic*al (?), a. [L. panegyricus, Gr. panhgyrico`s, from an assembly of the people, a high festival; pa^, pa^n all + , an assembly.]
Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory.
"
Panegyric strains."
Pope. --
Pan`e*gyr"ic*al*ly, adv.
Some of his odes are panegyrical.
Dryden.
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