lamentation

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English [edit]

Beweinung Christi (Lamentation of Christ, 1509) by German painter Bernhard Strigel. The lamentation of Christ is a common subject in Christian art, and shows Jesus being mourned by his family and friends after his crucifixion and descent from the Cross.

Etymology [edit]

recorded since 1375, from Latin lamentatio (“wailing, moaning, weeping”), from the deponent verb lāmentor, from lāmentum (“wail; wailing”), itself from a Proto-Indo-European *la- (“to shout, cry”), presumed ultimately imitative. Replaced Old English cwiþan. Lament is a 16th-century back-formation.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK, US) IPA: /ˌlæm.ɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌlæm.ɪnˈteɪ.ʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun [edit]

lamentation (plural lamentations)

  1. The act of lamenting.
  2. A sorrowful cry; a lament.
  3. Specifically, mourning.
  4. lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge
  5. A group of swans.

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Translations [edit]

the act of lamenting
mourning
a sorrowful cry; a lament
a group of swans
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References [edit]

  • “lamentation” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

French [edit]

Noun [edit]

lamentation f (plural lamentations)

  1. lamentation, loud/ostentatious plaint

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Middle French [edit]

Noun [edit]

lamentation f (plural lamentations)

  1. lamentation, loud/ostentatious plaint
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