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Meanings of lamentation in English

Russian
ламентация
Spanish
lamentos

Expression of grief in song, music, or poetry.

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        ламентация
        Portuguese
        lamentação
        Catalan
        gemec
        Spanish
        gemido

        A cry of sorrow and grief.

              lamentação
              Portuguese
              luto

              The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief.

                    luto
                    Usage of lamentation in English
                    1
                    Then he fell-inthe gutter; and there was general sorrow and lamentation.
                    The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories
                    2
                    The lamentation of the people of God in their captivity in Babylon.
                    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
                    3
                    Weeping and moaning and lamentation was the principal order of the occasion.
                    History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantr...
                    4
                    In the castle of the Greylocks, meanwhile, there was sorrow and lamentation.
                    The Greylock: A Fairy Tale
                    5
                    Whilst the prince made this lamentation, the Queen came before the King.
                    French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
                    6
                    She will have time enough for tears and lamentation in her after-life.
                    Mohammed Ali and His House
                    7
                    His lamentation poured in an unbroken spasm of sound from his throat.
                    Nomads of the North: A Story of Romance and Adventure under the ...
                    8
                    At the grave songs of lamentation were heard from women's gentle voices.
                    Legends of the Rhine
                    9
                    And all who were there present made great lamentation for the king.
                    The Junior Classics, Volume 4: Heroes and heroines of chivalry
                    10
                    His words were followed by weeping and much lamentation among the people.
                    Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 04 (of 15), English
                    11
                    The torment was far too racking for such futile fashion of lamentation.
                    Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
                    12
                    We will make our lamentation to her of the things we suffer.
                    The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.
                    13
                    Those who dream of lamentation and sorrow, wake to join the hunt.
                    John Barleycorn
                    14
                    While making this lamentation, the worthy man finished saddling the gray horse.
                    Cinq Mars — Volume 3
                    15
                    The next twenty-eight years were filled with lamentation, and mourning, and woe.
                    Sketches of the Covenanters
                    16
                    Suddenly loud cries of weeping and lamentation were heard from a distance.
                    The Merchant of Berlin: An Historical Novel
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