panegyries

English

Alternative forms

• paneguries

Noun

panegyries

1. plural of panegyry
   • 1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 223:

     Whether this may not be only in Pulpits, but after another perſwaſive method, at ſet and ſolem Paneguries, in Theaters, Porches, or what other place or way, may win moſt upon the People to receive at once both Recreation, and Inſtruction; let them in authority conſult.

Anagrams

• panegyreis, panegyrise