coronach
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coronach
1490–1500; < Scots Gaelic corranach, Irish coránach dirge
Example Sentences
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Then a pause, and anon the coronach or wail for the dead.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon
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
"The coronach has for some years past been suspended at funerals by the use of the bagpipe; and that also is, like many other Highland peculiarities, falling into disuse, unless in remote districts."
From The Lady of the Lake 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
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