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View synonyms for coronach
coronach
[ kawr-uh-nuhkh, kor- ]
noun
- (in Scotland and Ireland) a song or lamentation for the dead; dirge.
coronach
/ ˈkɒrənəx; -nək /
noun
- a dirge or lamentation for the dead
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coronach1
1490–1500; < Scots Gaelic corranach, Irish coránach dirge
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coronach1
C16: from Scottish Gaelic corranach; related to Irish rānadh a crying
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Example Sentences
But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach 16 or wail the death-wail over them.
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But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach or wail the death-wail over them.
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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.
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Likewise that all the good old Women of his county were to sing what they call a Coronach over him.
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Two or three women sate under the gallows, who seemed to be mourning, and singing the coronach of the deceased in a low voice.
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