a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
2.
formal or elaborate praise.
Origin: 1590–1600; < Latin, noun use of panēgyricus of, belonging to a public assembly < Greek panēgyrikós, equivalent to panḗgyr(is) solemn assembly (pan-pan- + -ēgyris, combining form of ágyris gathering; compare category) + -ikos-ic
1603, "eulogy, laudation," from Fr. panégyrique (1512), from L. panegyricus "public eulogy," originally an adj., from Gk. panegyrikos (logos) "(a speech) given in a public assembly," from panegyris "public assembly in honor of a god," from pan- "all" (q.v.) + agyris