Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Panegyric

Panegyric , noun

[Latin panegyricus, Greek panhgyriko`s: compare French panégyrique. See Panegyric, a.]

An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.

Panegyric , adjective

[Latin panegyricus, Greek panhgyriko`s, from panh`gyris an assembly of the people, a high festival; pa^, pa^n all + 'a`gyris, 'agora`, an assembly.]

Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory.
Panegyric strains. — Pope
Some of his odes are panegyrical. — Dryden

Also: Panegyrical