panegyries

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of panegyry

   “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.”