pan·e·gyr·ic 
(păn′ə-jĭrĭk, -jīrĭk)
(păn′ə-jĭrĭk, -jīrĭk)n.
1. A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment.
2. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium.
[Latin panēgyricus, from Greek panēgurikos (logos), (speech) at a public assembly, panegyric, from panēguris, public assembly : pan-, pan- + aguris, assembly, marketplace; see ger- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
pan′e·gyri·cal adj.
pan′e·gyri·cal·ly adv.