the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A funeral song or discourse; an epicedium.
Word Usage
"_The Terrace at Berne_ has been already dealt with, but that mood for epicede, which was so frequent in Mr Arnold, finds in the _Carnac_ stanzas adequate, and in _A Southern Night_ consummate, expression."