coronach

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A numerous band of Highland pipers preceded the bier playing the usual melancholy coronach.

From The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad by Various

He caught the hand and fondled it, and still she repeated to herself like a coronach, "Islay, Islay."

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

A chorus of singing tars must create uncommon emotion, chanting this coronach of the storm.

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron

At the grave, the orator, or senachie, pronounced the panegyric of the defunct, every period being confirmed by a yell of the coronach.

From The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

In a few minutes they arrived at a thatched building; from which, to their surprise, issued the wailing strains of the coronach.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane