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noun

panegyric

a public speech or published text in praise of someone

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Six example sentences with panegyric, each labelled with its topic.

  • The essay reads as a panegyric to her old teacher, listing every kindness across four hundred grateful pages.

    Literature

  • A court poet delivered a panegyric at the emperor's birthday, comparing him to the sun for ninety unbroken lines.

    History

  • The album's closing track is a panegyric to the bandleader who died before the sessions were finished.

    Music

  • The retiring senator's colleague delivered a panegyric that ran forty minutes and mentioned no vote he had ever lost.

    Politics

  • The jersey retirement became a panegyric, with three former teammates praising the point guard's passing for an hour.

    Basketball

  • The catalogue essay is a panegyric, treating every late canvas as a masterpiece and every early one as prophecy.

    Art

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