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THRENODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does threnody mean? 

THRENODY (noun)
  The noun THRENODY has 1 sense:

1. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead personplay

  Familiarity information: THRENODY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THRENODY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

coronach; dirge; lament; requiem; threnody

Hypernyms ("threnody" is a kind of...):

song; vocal (a short musical composition with words)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "threnody"):

keen (a funeral lament sung with loud wailing)


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