单词 | panegyry |
释义 | panegyry|pəˈniː-, pəˈnɛdʒɪrɪ, ˈpæniːdʒɪrɪ| Also 7 pani-, panegery, panegury. [f. Gr. πανήγυρις panegyris, with change of suffix.] 1. Gr. Antiq. = panegyris 1. Also more generally, A religious festival.
1641Milton Ch. Govt. ii. Pref., That the call of wisdom and virtue may be heard everywhere;..not only in pulpits, but..at set and solemn paneguries in theatres. 1659H. L'Estrange Alliance Div. Off. 136 These dayes [the Nativity, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension and Pentecost] were called..The Christian Panegyries, as a note of distinction from those of lesser account. 1839Fraser's Mag. XX. 207 The..panegyries or great monthly festivals of the [Egyptian] gods. 1894G. Rawlinson in Lex Mosaica 24 The institution of panegyries or ‘solemn assemblies’. †2. = panegyric A. 1 (if not mispr. in quots.)
1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 72 Then would he [Erasmus]..sound foorth the Panigeries of their praises. 1636Heywood in Ann. Dubrensia (1877) 69 Having these Panegeries now read over, To thy perpetuall fame. |

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