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lyke-wake

/ ˈlaɪkˌweɪk /

noun

  1. a watch held over a dead person, often with festivities
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lyke-wake1

C16: perhaps from Old Norse; see lych gate , wake 1
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Example Sentences

The subject of the Lyke-wake would easily bear a monograph to itself, and at present I know of none.

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