Coronach [noun]
Definition of Coronach:
sad song
Synonyms of Coronach:
Opposite/Antonyms of Coronach:
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Sentence/Example of Coronach:
But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach 16 or wail the death-wail over them.
But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach or wail the death-wail over them.
And the mermen swam fast to be with her, and ceased from their own song, for the wind sang a coronach in the canvas and cordage.
Likewise that all the good old Women of his county were to sing what they call a Coronach over him.
Two or three women sate under the gallows, who seemed to be mourning, and singing the coronach of the deceased in a low voice.
Coronach is the lamentation for a deceased warrior, sung by the aged of the clan.
A chorus of singing tars must create uncommon emotion, chanting this coronach of the storm.
The most primitive was called epikedeion, a dirge or coronach, improvised by women over the bodies of the dead.
There shall never be coronach cried, or dirge played, for thee or thy bloody wolf-burd.
It were pity to deny my delicate cousin the luxury of a coronach over the swollen corpse of her minion!'