(n.) One who eulogizes or praises; panegyrist; encomiast.
Example Sentences:
(1) Commentaries on Ferguson were universally eulogistic.
(2) Putin may be preening himself on his cunning opportunism in upstaging Obama, and on his eulogistic coverage in the west.
Funeral
Definition:
(n.) The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural.
(n.) The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.
(n.) A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural.
(n.) Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our parents had no religious beliefs and there will be no funeral."
(2) At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured by a car bomb at a funeral in Jaramana at the end of August.
(3) Nepalese workers building stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have been denied leave to attend funerals or visit relatives following the earthquakes in the Himalayan country that have killed more than 8,000 people, its government has revealed.
(4) The early evening clashes brought a dramatic end to a day that had started off with three large funeral rallies through the suburbs of Manama.
(5) A Benn family spokesperson said: "At the suggestion of the Speaker of the House of Commons and by agreement with the Lords Speaker, Black Rod and the dean of Westminster Abbey, an approach was made by Black Rod to the palace for agreement that Mr Benn's body rest in the chapel of St Mary Undercroft on the night before his funeral.
(6) Earlier this month, a private funeral took place for Nancy Lanza, the gunman's mother and the first of his 27 victims.
(7) Similar scenes of remembrance played out across the country – in a show of emotion not seen since the 1937 funeral of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's first president after the nation was founded in 1918.
(8) The lossmaking chain of supermarkets, funeral homes and pharmacies said in a terse two-line statement that Stuart Ramsay had left the board with immediate effect after "an independent report, and at the request of the board".
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A man and children in Lahore at the funeral of a family member killed in the blast.
(10) At Mabhouh's funeral, near Damascus, the Hamas leader Khalid Meshal blamed Israel for the killing, promising revenge and declaring an "open war".
(11) More than 200 people attended the East End-style funeral, complete with a horse-drawn hearse.
(12) "He was just a child," said Eray, 18, a student who joined the funeral procession.
(13) The cost of dying is rising faster than the cost of living: the average funeral now runs at £3,551.
(14) There is agreement among most left-wing and anti-capitalist campaigners that the demonstration before the funeral will be smaller than Saturday night's party.
(15) Twitter has become pivotal in organising anti-government dissent in the past year: the Occupy Gezi movement, which marches against the recently passed internet censorship bill that allows the government to block any content within four hours without a court order, and the massive street protest and the funeral attended by hundreds of thousands after the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan , were initiated via social media.
(16) Many families choose to decorate the coffin, either in the days leading up to the funeral or as part of the ceremony.
(17) They had come from across Israel to see Eyal Yifrach, 19, and Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frankel, both 16, buried side by side after funeral services at synagogues in each of their home communities.
(18) Fitch also raised concerns that it could lose customers after the intervention of hedge funds, which are forcing the mutual Co-op Group of funeral homes, supermarkets and pharmacies to cede control of the bank.
(19) The breakdown in talks between Barclays and Lehman came after government officials and senior Wall Street executives gathered for a third day at the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, in lower Manhattan, arriving in a funereal procession of black limos.
(20) After her husband’s death she carefully arranged the stirrups of the horse that accompanied his funeral procession.