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Meanings of mourning (mournings) in English
Distinctive dress worn after bereavement; conventional or ceremonial manifestation of sorrow.
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Examples for "lamentation"
Examples for "lamentation"
1
Then he fell-inthe gutter; and there was general sorrow and lamentation.
2
The lamentation of the people of God in their captivity in Babylon.
3
Weeping and moaning and lamentation was the principal order of the occasion.
4
In the castle of the Greylocks, meanwhile, there was sorrow and lamentation.
5
Whilst the prince made this lamentation, the Queen came before the King.
Usage of mournings in English
1
He regulated, moreover, the journeys of the women, and their mournings and festivals.
2
They now commence their mournings, and farther off other cries and lamentations are heard.
3
Most of their mournings are artificial and ceremonious:
4
Our mournings are only interruptions.
5
The death of a single monarch would have darkened Christmas in Regent Street more effectually than the million mournings of the war.
6
And mournings for the dead;
7
Ethel had reckoned on the verse-'ThatHe might hear the mournings of such as are in captivity, and deliver the children appointed unto death.'
8
There are "ascending angels" who will carry our confessions, our prayers, our sighs and mournings, to the very heart of the eternally gracious God.
9
Other than charity work, the Mournings were also Miami socialites.
10
(Num 14) 19 I was sorie for your mournings, & gaue you manna to eate.
11
"A faith," she laughed, "that is all outward symbols and naught besides; all texts and mournings and nose-twangings."
12
2 Esdr 1:19 Then had I pity upon your mournings, and gave you manna to eat; so ye did eat angels' bread.
13
Iran announced three days of public mourning in the province, IRNA said.
14
Russia declared Monday a day of national mourning for the crash victims.
15
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.