coronach
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coronach
1490–1500; < Scots Gaelic corranach, Irish coránach dirge
Example Sentences
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And next morning their wives and daughters came, clapping their hands and crying the coronach and shrieking—and they carried away the dead bodies, with the pipes playing before them.
From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir
There was a boding of ill in her cry, like a coronach, and the domestics took it up in sympathy, as Highland women will.
From The Black Colonel by Milne, James
But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach or wail the death-wail over them.
From Lay Morals by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Oh! set the bridal feast aside, And bear the harp away; The coronach must sound instead, From solemn kirk-yard gray.
From Indian Legends and Other Poems by Horsford, Mary Gardiner
He caught the hand and fondled it, and still she repeated to herself like a coronach, "Islay, Islay."
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
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