epicede
An elegy; an ode to someone deceased.
"This epicede, longer and more ornate than that issued two years before on Prince Henry, is neither much worse nor much better in substance and in style."
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin epicēdīon, from Ancient Greek ἐπικήδειον (epikḗdeion), neuter singular form of ἐπικήδειος (epikḗdeios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + κῆδος (kêdos, “care”). Doublet of epicedium.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry epicede (CC BY-SA 4.0).