Panegyricon
A panegyricon (from ancient Greek παν- pan = everything, as a whole and ἀγορά agorá = assembly) is a name for a collection of sermons and homilies in the Catholic liturgy .
In the Byzantine Rite , the Panegyricon describes a liturgical book with sermons for reading for the moving church year as well as the dated men's feasts , the feasts of the Mother of God and John the Baptist.
Originally a panegyricon was used at a panegyris , a festival or popular assembly. The panegyric , a solemn eulogy or eulogy, was presented to the popular assembly , and the presenter was the panegyric .
The German literature of classical knows the panegyrists also, this time as a writer of pomp and honor speeches . In the figurative sense of the word, he becomes a panegyrist , a flatterer of praise.