(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:26:19

Ep"i*cede (?), n. [L. epicedion, Gr. dirge, elegy, fr. funereal; + care, sorrow: cf. F. 'epicede.]

A funeral song or discourse; an elegy.

[R.]

Donne.

 

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