Both Uses of
eulogy
in
The Women of Brewster Place
- She intoned the words as if she were reciting a eulogy.†
p. 67.9 *eulogy = formal expression of praise -- typically speeches delivered at someone's funeral
- No organ-piped dirges, no whispered prayers, no eulogy.†
p. 191.1
Definition:
a formal expression of praise -- typically a speech given at someone's funeral
A eulogy almost always refers to someone who has recently died, but it is also used under other circumstances. A related word, eulogize (to speak or write a eulogy praising someone or something), may be even more commonly used in non-death circumstances than in circumstances of death.