condolementn.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun]
carea1000
sorrowingOE
meaninga1200
moan?c1225
mourning?c1225
plaint?c1225
ruthc1225
weimerc1230
mean?c1250
sorrow?c1250
dolec1290
plainingc1300
woec1300
dolourc1320
mourna1350
waymentingc1350
penancec1380
complaintc1384
lamentationc1384
complainingc1385
moaninga1400
waiminga1400
waymenta1400
waymentationc1400
dillc1420
merourec1429
plainc1475
regratec1480
complainc1485
regretc1500
lamenting1513
doleance1524
deploration1533
deplorement1593
condolement1602
regreeting1606
imploration1607
pother1638
dolinga1668
moanification1827
dolence1861
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. vi. sig. K4 All hearts will relent, In sad condolement, at that heauie sound.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 93 To perseuer In obstinate condolement, is a course Of impious stubbornnes. View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 32 Centurion Afranius..falls into a pittifull condolement.
2.
a. The expressing of sympathy with another on account of loss, bereavement, or other grief.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > sympathy > outward expression of
condolence1619
condolencya1631
condolementa1641
a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 212 This Ambassador..came hither for condolement of the Duke his master.
1672 A. Wood Life (1772) 390 An Address of Condolement for the Loss of the Queen.
1842 J. H. Newman Church of Fathers (ed. 2) 98 She thus speaks of him..in a letter of condolement.
b. (with a and plural) An expression of sympathy with any one in his suffering or loss; in quot. 1609, a tangible expression of this, a solatium.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > sympathy > outward expression of > formal
condolement1609
compliments of condolence1619
condoling1634
condolence1704
condolency1821
condolation1825
the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > sympathy > outward expression of > tangible
condolement1609
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles v. 193 There are certaine Condolements, certaine Vailes. View more context for this quotation
1670 W. Temple Let. in Wks. (1731) II. 223 Your Excellency will have received..my Condolements upon my Lord Northumberland's Death.
1793 E. Parsons Woman as she should Be III. 43 Poor Harley entreats his respectful condolements for every sorrow you feel.
1878 J. Todhunter Alcestis 90 I thank you all For your condolements.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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