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LAMENTATION
lamentation, mourning
(noun) the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
lament, lamentation, plaint, wail
(noun) a cry of sorrow and grief; “their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lamentation (countable and uncountable, plural lamentations)
The act of lamenting.
A sorrowful cry; a lament.
Specifically, mourning.
lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge
A group of swans.
Source: Wiktionary
Lam`en*ta"tion, n. Etym: [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.]
1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping Matt. ii. 18.
2. pl. (Script.)
Definition: A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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