Definition of "panegyrical" [panegyrical]

• Approving, complimentary, admiring, lavish with praise. (adjective)

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• "Among the letters Duwes includes (or composes?) from Mary's servants, the following panegyrical address was typical: "To the right high, right excellent, & right magnamous, My right redouted Lady, my Lady Mary of England, my lady and mistress, greeting [you] with joy everlasting.""
• "By puncturing their smug self-righteousness and their pretense to impossibly high standards, Flashman shows them as genuinely great men and women, not the panegyrical statuary of Victorian literature—and he shows them as such by describing their response to him."
• "There are some other geniuses that Mr. Bazzard has become acquainted with, who have also written tragedies, which likewise nobody will on any account whatever hear of bringing out, and these choice spirits dedicate their plays to one another in a highly panegyrical manner."