Distinctive dress worn after bereavement; conventional or ceremonial manifestation of sorrow.
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Examples for "lamentation"
Examples for "lamentation"
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Then he fell-inthe gutter; and there was general sorrow and lamentation.
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The lamentation of the people of God in their captivity in Babylon.
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Weeping and moaning and lamentation was the principal order of the occasion.
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In the castle of the Greylocks, meanwhile, there was sorrow and lamentation.
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Whilst the prince made this lamentation, the Queen came before the King.
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Iran announced three days of public mourning in the province, IRNA said.
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Russia declared Monday a day of national mourning for the crash victims.
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Sometimes too much lightness: The young boys' mourning never really is addressed.
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A second New Zealand family is in mourning after the Norwegian massacre.
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The government declared a day of mourning on Thursday for the victims.
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No longer is anaesthetising oneself with alcohol seen as appropriate mourning behaviour.
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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said two nations were in mourning.
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The country has declared a day of national mourning for the victims.
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Police last week sought to stifle collective mourning and protests by parents.
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This is different, they say, writing this is a work of mourning.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a day of national mourning for Sunday.
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But the real mourning was down in Devonshire, in the Sidmouth cottage.
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The clergy and the actresses took their seats in the mourning coaches.
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The war and a new century had softened the city's mourning customs.
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Many said the government had compounded their bitterness by curtailing collective mourning.
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President Vladimir Putin has declared a day of national mourning in Russia.
