panegyrical

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A somewhat panegyrical biography�� and a scholarly travel book�� concerning Edward of Wales are current.

From Time Magazine Archive

From these gazettes could be collected “a greater number of panegyrical paragraphs upon ‘le grand Franklin’ than upon any other man that ever lived.”

From The True Benjamin Franklin by Fisher, Sydney George

The first portion consists of a panegyrical oration in Latin by Justus de Justis, on John Chedworth, archdeacon of Lincoln, dated at Verona 16th July, 1468.

From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Morris, Richard

Birmingham, indeed, has recently been styled "the best governed city in the world"—a title that is, perhaps, a trifle too full and panegyrical to find ready and general acceptance.

From A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" by Anderton, Thomas

Thus closed a life to which the panegyrical exclamation of Milton happily applies: O glorious trial of exceeding love Illustrious evidence, example high.

From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by Clement, J. (Jesse)