PANEGYRIST

panegyrist. Panegyrist, n. one who bestows panegyrics

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Pan″e‐gyr′ist (?), n. [[L. panegyrista, Gr. πανηγυριστήσ, one who attends a πανήγυρισ: cf. πανηγυρίζειν to celebrate or attend a public festival, to make a set speech, esp. a panegyric, in a public assembly. See Panegyric.]] One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking. If these panegyrists are in earnest. Burke.