Hypertext Webster Gateway: "threnody"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Threnody \Thren"o*dy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a dirge + ? a song. See
{Threne}, and {Ode}.]
A song of lamentation; a threnode. --Sir T. Herbert.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
threnody
n : a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a
memorial to a dead person [syn: {dirge}, {coronach}, {lament},
{requiem}]
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