Lamentations
Britishnoun
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a book of the Old Testament, traditionally ascribed to the prophet Jeremiah, lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem
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a musical setting of these poems
Example Sentences
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The Book of Lamentations contains a plea that God should “renew our days as of old.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Lamentations for the Oscar-less are as much a part of the awards season as whisper campaigns, DVD screeners and the overuse of the word “snub.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2018
The symphony ends with a sternly anguished setting for mezzo-soprano of a Hebrew text from the Book of Lamentations.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2017
My favorite book of the summer so far is Ilija Trojanow’s “The Lamentations of Zeno.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 19, 2016
He uttered the actual commonplaces of men in distress—there is a dreadful sameness about the Lamentations of Ill Luck.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir
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