A eulogistic oration or writing, similar to an elegy with the
difference being in its higher level of
formality. A highly complex and
specialized piece of music devoted to the eulogy of a person or thing may possibly be refered to as a panegyric instead of an elegy, though this use is rare.
Dr. Flanders
delivered his powerfully moving panegyric to what remained,
ironically enough, a still body of mourners from Karl Marx's
community. for those eleven and a half minutes it seemed that nothing could sway them.