coronach

Example Sentences

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The venerable figure clasped his hands, and in a voice of mournful solemnity exclaimed: "Art thou come, doomed of Heaven, to hear thy sad coronach?"

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane

He caught the hand and fondled it, and still she repeated to herself like a coronach, "Islay, Islay."

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

"Naihah" more generally "Naddábah" Lat. præfica or carina, a hired mourner, the Irish "Keener" at the conclamatio or coronach, where the Hullabaloo, Hulululu or Ululoo showed the survivors' sorrow.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The open door will invite them into the sanctuary of peace, and they will croon the coronach of their woe in the holy place.

From The Great Discovery by Maclean, Norman

There was a boding of ill in her cry, like a coronach, and the domestics took it up in sympathy, as Highland women will.

From The Black Colonel by Milne, James