eulogy

2 definitions • 4 examples

a speech, piece of writing, poem, etc. containing great praise, especially for someone who recently died or retired from work:

He was the most self-effacing of men - the last thing he would have relished was a eulogy.

eulogy to The song was a eulogy to the joys of travelling.

give the eulogy He gave the eulogy at his father's funeral.

a speech or piece of writing containing great praise, esp. for someone who has recently died:

[ C ] He delivered the eulogy at his father’s funeral.