Hespedn.
/ˈhɛspɛd/ A funeral oration pronounced over the dead at a Jewish memorial service.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > for specific occasion or purpose
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New Year1595
panegyry1602
panegyric1603
remembrancea1616
valediction1619
panegyris1646
areopagitic1649
Hesped1650
allocution1689
maiden speech1702
Speech from the Throne1751
patter1772
inaugural1832
acceptance speech1855
oraison funèbre1856
keynote speech1863
keynote address1891
valedictory1892
keynote1896
pep speech1912
pep talk1913
the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > a funeral > funeral oration > Jewish
Hesped1650
1650 E. Chilmead tr. L. Modena Hist. Rites of Jews v. ix. 242 If he were a Rabbine that is dead, or a person of quality, they then have Sermons, and Funeral Orations, which they call..Hesped, made for him.
1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. i. xiv. 295 Moses Ansell was at Shool, listening to a Hesped or funeral oration.
1970 L. M. Feinsilver Taste of Yiddish 131 Hesped, eulogy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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