coronach
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coronach
1490–1500; < Scots Gaelic corranach, Irish coránach dirge
Example Sentences
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"Naihah" more generally "Naddábah" Lat. præfica or carina, a hired mourner, the Irish "Keener" at the conclamatio or coronach, where the Hullabaloo, Hulululu or Ululoo showed the survivors' sorrow.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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
A chorus of singing tars must create uncommon emotion, chanting this coronach of the storm.
From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron
Two or three women sate under the gallows, who seemed to be mourning, and singing the coronach of the deceased in a low voice.
From A Legend of Montrose by Scott, Walter, Sir
The maidens are smiling in rocky Glencoe— The clansmen approach—they have vanquish'd the foe; But sudden the cheeks of the maidens are pale, For the sound of the coronach comes on the gale.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
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