noun (n)

• a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  eulogium
  

  source: wordnet30
• a formal expression of praise(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  encomium, paean, panegyric, pean
  

  source: wordnet30
• A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.(noun)

  source: webster1913