threnen.
/θriːn/ A song of lamentation; a dirge, threnody; formerly spec. (in plural) the Lamentations of Jeremiah (Septuagint θρῆνοι Ἰερεμίου, Vulgate Threni).
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > Old Testament > [noun] > lamentations of Jeremiah
threne?a1475
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > dirge or lament
threne?a1475
elegy?1521
dumpa1556
coronach1559
dirge1568
requiem1578
threnos1601
planctusa1612
death song1613
monody1623
threnody1634
trental1648
lament1698
myriologue1824
keen1830
planh1843
threnode1858
myrology1892
sorrow song1903
lamento1944
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lament, elegy, or dirge
threne?a1475
elegy?1521
deploration1537
coronach1559
dirge1568
requiem1578
monodia1594
threnos1601
threnody1634
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caoine1707
whillaloo1790
keen1830
tangi1836
threnode1858
commos1879
the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > formal lamentation > dirge
elegy?1521
coronach1559
dirge1568
requiem1578
threne1593
threnos1601
death song1613
monody1623
threnody1634
throb1635
trental1648
lament1698
myriologue1824
keen1830
threnode1858
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 85 The seide Ieremy..made also the trenes, that is to say, the lamentaciones.
1493 Festivall (1515) 7 Ye paynfull deth of our sauyour..of the whiche is made mencyon in the fyrst chapytre of Trenys.
1593 R. Southwell St. Peter's Complaint 2 My threnes an endlesse Alphabet doe finde.
1601 W. Shakespeare Phoenix & Turtle in R. Chester Loves Martyr 171 Whereupon it made this Threne To the Phœnix and the Doue.
1651 Bp. H. King Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. cclxv. 567 Some of these Psalms may serve as Threnes and Dirges to lament the Present Miseries.
1828 C. Lamb Guy Faux in Elia 2nd Ser. 139 The tears and sad threnes of the matrons in universal mourning.
1960 R. Eberhart Coll. Poems 1930–60 14 The perfect lament, and threne of sorrow's throat.
Derivatives
[Greek θρηνητικός] , pertaining to a threnody; mournful.
threne v. [compare Greek θρηνεῖν] to compose or sing a threne.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > exhibit formal or ceremonial mourning [verb (intransitive)] > sing dirge
threne1890
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing other music
organOE
chantc1425
madrigal1593
lullaby1603
paeanize1629
holler1852
threne1890
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > compose lyric [verb (intransitive)] > compose elegy or lament
elegize1689
threne1890
1890 Universal Rev. Dec. 540 Her voice grew strangely low as she threned.
threˈnetic adj.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adjective] > dirge
elegiacalc1487
elegiac1598
epicedial?c1615
epicedian1623
elegious1624
threnodian1634
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
myriological1848
threnodical1881
threnodic1891
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [adjective] > mournful
epicedian1623
threnodian1634
monodical1656
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
threnodical1881
threnodic1891
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [adjective] > elegiac
elegiacalc1487
elegiac1598
elegic1603
elegious1624
threnodian1634
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
threnodical1881
threnodic1891
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Threnetick..mournful, lamentable.
1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece III. 325 Threnetic odes are also ascribed to Sappho.
threˈnetical adj.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adjective] > dirge
elegiacalc1487
elegiac1598
epicedial?c1615
epicedian1623
elegious1624
threnodian1634
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
myriological1848
threnodical1881
threnodic1891
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [adjective] > mournful
epicedian1623
threnodian1634
monodical1656
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
threnodical1881
threnodic1891
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [adjective] > elegiac
elegiacalc1487
elegiac1598
elegic1603
elegious1624
threnodian1634
threnetic1656
threnodial1819
threnetical1829
threnodical1881
threnodic1891
1829 T. Carlyle Voltaire in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) II. 152 Threnetical discourses.
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