panegyris

noun

1. religious festival on a fixed day in honor of a god, often including prayers, games, and panegyrics.

2. A festival; a public assembly.

   obsolete

   Will there not open a glorious Scene , when God (to use St. Paul's Words) shall celebrate the grand Panegyris?

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek πανήγυρις (panḗguris), from παν- (pan-, “all”) + ἄγυρις (águris), Aeolic form of ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́, “assembly”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”). See panegyric.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry panegyris (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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