Panegyris
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Panegyris is a noun meaning (Ancient Greece) religious festival on a fixed day in honor of a god, often including prayers, games, and panegyrics.
Meaning
(Ancient Greece) religious festival on a fixed day in honor of a god, often including prayers, games, and panegyrics.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A festival; a public assembly.
Example Sentences
Will there not open a glorious Scene , when God (to use St. Paul's Words) shall celebrate the grand Panegyris?
Word Forms
- panegyreis
- panegyry
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include panegyry, panegyrick, panegyric, panegyrizer, panegyrization, panegyrist.
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