coronach
Example Sentences
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On one grave a young woman was rocking herself to and fro, wailing with a sound like the Highland coronach, but longer and more despairing.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
Then a pause, and anon the coronach or wail for the dead.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon
To us it seemed almost as the keening of the coronach.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
Bruce ordered his bards to raise the sad coronach, and the march commenced toward the open tent that canopied the sacred remains.
From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane
A numerous band of Highland pipers preceded the bier playing the usual melancholy coronach.
