Definition of Panegyric

a speech or written composition used to pay tribute to a person, place, or thing

Examples of Panegyric in a sentence

After the princess died a popular singer wrote a panegyric to honor her life.  🔊

Everyone cried when Jim’s best friend delivered a moving panegyric at his funeral.  🔊

Although the book was supposed to be based on facts, it read like a panegyric praising the actions of the brutal dictator.  🔊

The tribal wise man wrote a panegyric about the god who had protected the warriors during the battle.  🔊

Before the poet died of cancer, he penned a beautiful panegyric for his devoted wife.  🔊

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