a public speech or a published piece of writing in praise of something or someone (very similar to eulogy); an accolade; a tribute
Graham Kings
@grahamkings.bsky.social
In #Aristotle’s ‘Rhetoric’, we hear of ‘Polycrates, who delivered a panegyric to the mice that gnawed through the bow strings of an invading Assyrian army.’
Sam Leith (
@questingvole.bsky.social), ‘You Talkin’ to Me? #Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama’ p. 30.
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The word came afterwards to denote any song written in celebration of distinguished persons, and in later times any spoken or written panegyric whatever. MSXML 3.0 SP2 first shipped with Windows XP, Internet Explorer 6.0 and MDAC 2.7. The description can address geographical, sociopolitical, or
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Source: The Telegraph
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Just when everyone is feeling appalled by the amoral behaviour of politicians and members of the nobility, along comes this unctuous panegyric from the Torygraph..
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