- Panegyris
A panegyris (πανηγυρις) (Greek - "gathering"), is an Ancient Greek religious assembly. [cite book
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title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Second Edition
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accessdate = 2006-12-20 ]Relation to Panegyry and Panegyric
Πανηγυρις is also transliterated as panegyry,Fact|date=February 2007 and in turn, some sources define panegyry to be a panegyric. [cite web
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accessdate = 2006-12-21 ] Apanegyric is a formal public speech. This could be a separate usage of panegyry, an obsolete usage, or simply an error.References
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