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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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