coronach

[ kawr-uh-nuhkh, kor- ]

/ ˈkɔr ə nəx, ˈkɒr- /

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noun

(in Scotland and Ireland) a song or lamentation for the dead; dirge.

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Origin of coronach

1490–1500; <Scots Gaelic corranach,Irish coránach dirge

Words nearby coronach

Coromandel work, Coromuel, corona, Corona Australis, Corona Borealis, coronach, corona discharge, Coronado, Coronado, Francisco, coronagraph, coronal

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How to use coronach in a sentence

But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach 16 or wail the death-wail over them.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach or wail the death-wail over them.
Lay Morals|Robert Louis Stevenson
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.
The Field of Clover|Laurence Housman
Likewise that all the good old Women of his county were to sing what they call a Coronach over him.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3|George Augustus Sala

Two or three women sate under the gallows, who seemed to be mourning, and singing the coronach of the deceased in a low voice.
A Legend of Montrose|Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for coronach

coronach

/ (ˈkɒrənəx, -nək) /

noun

Scot and or Irish a dirge or lamentation for the dead

Word Origin for coronach

C16: from Scottish Gaelic corranach; related to Irish rānadh a crying

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