Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coronach"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coronach \Cor"o*nach\ (k?r"?-n?k), n.
See {Coranach}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coranach \Cor"a*nach\, n. [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) 1.7 (wn)
coronach
n : 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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