coronach
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coronach
1490–1500; < Scots Gaelic corranach, Irish coránach dirge
Example Sentences
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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
On one grave a young woman was rocking herself to and fro, wailing with a sound like the Highland coronach, but longer and more despairing.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
After every fight will not some mother be crooning the coronach for her dear son?
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
Then rose the last coronach of his own people, hiding in wild glens, starving in corries, or going hopelessly to the death.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John
In a few minutes they arrived at a thatched building; from which, to their surprise, issued the wailing strains of the coronach.
From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane
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