Song+of+lamentation

  • 21threnody — n. Song of lamentation, lament, requiem, dirge …

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  • 22elegy — n dirge, threnody, (in Scotland and Ireland) coronach, requiem, monody; song of lamentation, lament, plaint, keen, Kaddish …

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  • 23coronach — /ˈkɒrənək/ (say koruhnuhk) noun (in Scotland and Ireland) a song or lamentation for the dead; a dirge. {Gaelic cor(r)anach outcry, dirge} …

  • 24saeta — säˈād.ə noun ( s) Etymology: Spanish, literally, arrow, from Latin sagitta : an unaccompanied partly improvised piercing Andalusian song of lamentation or penitence sung during the religious procession on Good Friday …

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  • 25cor|o|nach — «KR uh nuhkh, KOR », noun. Scottish and Irish. a song or lamentation for the dead; dirge. ╂[< Gaelic corronach dirge; (literally) general shout < comh together + ranach roaring] …

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  • 26Li|nus — «LY nuhs», noun. 1. Greek Mythology. a son of Apollo who became a skillful musician and taught Orpheus. 2. Also, Linus song. a lamentation sung in ancient Greece …

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  • 27tan|gi — tang|i1 «TANG ee», noun. New Zealand. a formal ceremony, poem, or song of lamentation, as a dirge or coronach. ╂[< Maori tangi lament] tan|gi2 «TANG gee», noun. (in Pakistan) a sharp, narrow gorge or defile. ╂[< Pushtu tangi, plural of… …

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  • 28MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… …

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  • 29Turlough Carolan — Portrait of Turlough Carolan, from R.B. Armstrong The Irish and Highland Harps , Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1904. Turlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O Carolan,[1] (Irish: Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin; Irish pronunciation:  …

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  • 30literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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