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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Coronach \Cor"o*nach\ (k?r"?-n?k), noun See {Coranach}. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Coranach \Cor"a*nach\, noun [Gael. coranach, or corranach, a crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), a dirge; comh with + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek.] A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [Written also {coranich}, {corrinoch}, {coronach}, {cronach}, etc.] [Scot.] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person [syn: {dirge}, {lament}, {requiem}, {threnody}] |
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