coronach

3 definitions found

coronach - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Coranach \Cor"a*nach\, n. [Gael. coranach, or corranach, a
     crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), a dirge; comh with
     + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek.]
     A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [Written also
     coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc.] [Scot.]
     [1913 Webster] Corant

  Coronach \Cor"o*nach\ (k?r"?-n?k), n.
     See Coranach.
     [1913 Webster]

coronach - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  coronach
      n 1: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a
           memorial to a dead person [syn: dirge, coronach,
           lament, requiem, threnody]