threnody : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: threnody	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for threnody
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
threnody n a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person Synonym(s): dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Threnody \Thren"o*dy\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] a dirge + [?] a song. See {Threne}, and {Ode}.] A song of lamentation; a threnode. --Sir T. Herbert.