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Definition of Lamentation

Lamentation
Lamentation Lam`en*ta"tion, n. [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.] 1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. --Matt. ii. 18. 2. pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.

Meaning of Lamentation from wikipedia

- A lament or lamentation is a p****ionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form. The grief is most often born of regret, or mourning...
- Look up lamentation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A lamentation, or lament, is a song, poem, or piece of music expressing grief, regret, or mourning...
- Look up lamentations in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Book of Lamentations is part of the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible. Lamentations may also refer...
- The Book of Lamentations (Hebrew: אֵיכָה, ʾĒḵā, from its incipit meaning "how") is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem in 586...
- The Lamentation of a Sinner (contemporary spelling: The Lamentacion of a Synner) is a three-part sequence of reflections published by the English queen...
- The Lamentation of Christ is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque. After Jesus was crucified, his body was...
- Lamentation is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is his eighth novel and the sixth entry in the Matthew Shardlake Series,...
- The Bab-el-Mandeb (Arabic: باب المندب, lit. 'Gate of Lamentation', Tigrinya: ባብ ኣል ማንዳብ), the Gate of Grief or the Gate of Tears, is a strait between...
- Lamentation Mountain, or Mount Lamentation, 720 feet (220 m), is a traprock mountain located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Meriden, Connecticut. It is part...
- The Lament for Ur, or Lamentation over the city of Ur is a Sumerian lament composed around the time of the fall of Ur to the Elamites and the end of the...