1.
[syn: dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coranach \Cor"a*nach\, n. [Gael. coranach, or corranach, a
crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), a dirge; comh with
+ ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek.]
A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [Written also
coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc.] [Scot.]
[1913 Webster] Corant
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coronach \Cor"o*nach\ (k?r"?-n?k), n.
See Coranach.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
coronach
n 1: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a
memorial to a dead person [syn: dirge, coronach,
lament, requiem, threnody]