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

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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