ep|i|ce|di|um

ep|i|ce|di|um «_EHP uh SEE dee uhm, -suh DY-», noun, plural -ce|di|a «-SEE dee uh, -suh DY-».

a funeral song; dirge; elegy.

╂[< Latin epicēdium < Greek epik, neuter of epikēdeiós of or for a funeral < epi- upon + kôdos mourning]