Definition of "eulogy" []

• A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died. (noun)
• High praise or commendation. (noun)

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• "Even today, diocesan regulations are as clear as they are widely ignored, e.g. this from Chicago: "A eulogy is never appropriate where a homily is prescribed (Order of Christian Funerals), but examples from the person's life may be used in the homily.""
• "I did not attend the funeral, but thanks to all that digitization, the eulogy is on the Internet for everyone to read."
• "When my mother died, I gave a maudlin eulogy about all the days we spent together when I was small, shopping at Hink's department store and eating peeled apricots and lying down for naps in the big bed under the gable window of her bedroom."