paneˈgyrical, a.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
† 1. Of the nature of a general assembly. Obs.
| a 1617 Bayne Diocesans Tryall (1621) 4 Their ordinary meeting, as it is, Acts 2. 46, daily, could not be a Panegericall meeting. a 1679 T. Goodwin Govt. Ch. Christ iv. vi. Wks. 1865 XI. 231 In the primitive church the persons of the bishops..were chosen by all the people, and by panegyrical meetings. |
2. Of the nature of a panegyric or eulogy; publicly or elaborately expressing praise or commendation; eulogistic, encomiastic, laudatory.
| 1592–3 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 326 To addresse a plausible discourse, or to garnish a Panegyricall Oration in her prayse. 1596 Nashe Saffron-Walden Wks. (Grosart) III. 76 1616 Bullokar Eng. Expos., Panegyricall,..spoken flatteringly in praise of some great person. 1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia (1769) I. 405 A dead lord..is always to receive honourable interment and a panegyrical epitaph. 1858 J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1876) II. ii. i. 222 The Duke of Wellington's despatches..tell us so much more about him than any panegyrical sketch. |
Hence paneˈgyrically adv., in or by means of a panegyric; by way of elaborate eulogy.
| 1680 Religion of Dutch vi. 57 You must also Panegyrically celebrate the Cantons..for their refusal. 1814 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXXIII. 360 Winkelmann..fell in love with its sculptured reliques of antient art, and undertook to describe them panegyrically. |