coronach

[ kawr-uh-nuh kh, kor- ]

/ ˈkɔr ə nəx, ˈkɒr- /

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noun

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

Words related to coronach

hymn, elegy, cry, march, requiem, chant, lament, threnody, jeremiad, keen, monody

Words nearby coronach

corona australis, corona borealis, corona discharge, corona glandis, corona radiata, coronach, coronado, coronado, francisco, coronagraph, coronal, coronal hole

Origin of coronach

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

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Examples from the Web for coronach

But when they fell there was none to sing their coronach or wail the death-wail over them.
Lay Morals|Robert Louis Stevenson
"In the grasses and the bracken," said Gilian, singing it to himself as if it were a coronach.
Gilian The Dreamer|Neil Munro
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
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

It were pity to deny my delicate cousin the luxury of a coronach over the swollen corpse of her minion!'
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846|Various

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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