Both Uses of "eulogy" in "The Women of Brewster Place"

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Both Uses

eulogy
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The Women of Brewster Place
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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

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(1) (eulogy)
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.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)