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threnody


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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