Song+of+lamentation
11Threnody — Thren o*dy, n. [Gr. ?; ? a dirge + ? a song. See {Threne}, and {Ode}.] A song of lamentation; a threnode. Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] …
12coronach — /kawr euh neuhkh, kor /, n. (in Scotland and Ireland) a song or lamentation for the dead; dirge. [1490 1500; < ScotGael corranach, Ir coránach dirge] * * * ▪ Celtic poetry in Celtic tradition, choral lament or outcry for the dead; also, a… …
13death — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Absence of life Nouns 1. death, expiration, decease, demise, the grave, the narrow bed, one s latter end; end, cessation; loss, extinction, or ebb of life, mortality experience; dissolution, departure,… …
14Death — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Death >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 death death Sgm: N 1 decease decease demise Sgm: N 1 dissolution dissolution departure obit release rest quietus fall Sgm …
15threnody — thren•o•dy [[t]ˈθrɛn ə di[/t]] n. pl. dies pro a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, esp. for the dead; dirge • Etymology: 1615–25; < Gk thrēnōidía=thrên(os) dirge + ōid(ḗ) song (see ode) + ia y III …
16threnody — /ˈθrɛnədi/ (say threnuhdee) noun (plural threnodies) a song of lamentation, especially for the dead; a dirge or funeral song. {Greek thrēnōidia} –threnodial /θrəˈnoʊdiəl/ (say thruh nohdeeuhl), threnodic /θrəˈnɒdɪk/ (say thruh nodik), adjective… …
17thren|o|dy — «THREHN uh dee», noun, plural dies. a song of lamentation, especially at a person s death; dirge: »Cyrus Sulzberger s “My Brother Death” is a profoundly moving threnody on man s fate (New York Times). ╂[< Greek threnoidíā < thrênos a lament …
18threnody — noun (plural dies) Etymology: Greek thrēnōidia, from thrēnos dirge + aeidein to sing more at drone, ode Date: 1634 a song of lamentation for the dead ; elegy …
19Húrin — In the Middle earth legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien, Húrin was a hero of Men during the First Age, said to be the greatest warrior of both the Edain and all the other Men in Middle earth. Húrin Thalion (pronounced|ˈhuːrin ˈθaliɔn, Sindarin for… …
20threnody — song of lamentation, 1630s, from Gk. threnodia, from threnos dirge, lament, + oide ode. Gk. threnos probably is from a PIE imitative root meaning to murmur, hum; Cf. O.E. dran drone, Goth. drunjus sound, Gk. tenthrene a kind of wasp …
