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| Main Entry: | elegy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirge |
| Synonyms: | knell, lament, requiem, threnody, death song, funeral song, plaint |
| Main Entry: | dirge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sad song |
| Synonyms: | chant, cry, death march, elegy, hymn, keen, lament, march, requiem, threnody, coronach, death song, funeral song, jeremiad, monody |
| Main Entry: | epitaph |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inscription on a gravestone |
| Synonyms: | commemoration, elegy, eulogy, legend, memorial, monument, remembrance, sentiment, epigraph, hic jacet, requiescat in pace |
| Notes: | an epitaph is an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there, while an epithet is a defamatory or abusive word or phrase |
| Main Entry: | lament/lamentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grief, complaint |
| Synonyms: | complaining, dirge, elegy, keen, lament, moan, mourning, requiem, sob, sorrow, threnody, wail, weeping, grieving, jeremiad, keening, moaning, plaint, sobbing, tears, ululation, wailing |
| Antonyms: | celebration, enjoyment, praise |
| Main Entry: | requiem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hymn, mass |
| Synonyms: | ceremony, chant, dirge, elegy, eulogy, liturgy, psalm, ritual, sermon, threnody, worship, canticle, death song, funeral hymn, memorial service, monody, religious song |
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