Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A festival; a public meeting: same as panegyris.
  • noun A panegyric.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A panegyric.

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  • noun Obsolete form of panegyric.

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Examples

  • He delighted in panegyry and liberally rewarded its experts, one of whom, Abd al-Sammák the Preacher, fairly said of him, “Thy humility in thy greatness is nobler than thy greatness.” “

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Good God; Ra Kheper Ka to the first celebration of the panegyry.

    Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

  • He delighted in panegyry and liberally rewarded its experts, one of whom, Abd al-Sammák the Preacher, fairly said of him, "Thy humility in thy greatness is nobler than thy greatness." "

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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