panegyric
noun
[ ˌpanɪˈdʒɪrɪk ]
• a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
• "a panegyric on the pleasures of malt whisky"
Origin:
early 17th century: from French panégyrique, via Latin from Greek panēgurikos ‘of public assembly’, from pan ‘all’ + aguris ‘agora, assembly’.
