coronach

Other forms: coronachs

Definitions of coronach
  1. noun
    a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
    synonyms: dirge, lament, requiem, threnody
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    types:
    keen
    a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
    type of:
    song, vocal
    a short musical composition with words
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