誄るい

noun

message of condolence; memorial address

A formal expression of sympathy or a eulogy delivered at a funeral or memorial service. The kanji 誄 is rare; the word is often seen as しのびごと or in the compound 誄詞.

• 葬そう儀ぎで心こころのこもった誄るいを述のべた。

  He delivered a heartfelt memorial address at the funeral.

• 「誄るい」は、故こ人じんを偲しのぶ言こと葉ばを意い味みする古ふるい漢かん語ごです。

  誄 is an old Chinese-derived word meaning words of remembrance for the deceased.