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coronach

noun as in dirge

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Example Sentences

But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach 16 or wail the death-wail over them.

But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach or wail the death-wail over them.

And the mermen swam fast to be with her, and ceased from their own song, for the wind sang a coronach in the canvas and cordage.

Likewise that all the good old Women of his county were to sing what they call a Coronach over him.

Two or three women sate under the gallows, who seemed to be mourning, and singing the coronach of the deceased in a low voice.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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