coronach

Example Sentences

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The open door will invite them into the sanctuary of peace, and they will croon the coronach of their woe in the holy place.

From The Great Discovery by Maclean, Norman

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

The venerable figure clasped his hands, and in a voice of mournful solemnity exclaimed: "Art thou come, doomed of Heaven, to hear thy sad coronach?"

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane

Then rose the last coronach of his own people, hiding in wild glens, starving in corries, or going hopelessly to the death.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

Some old soldier, probably, playing a gathering or a coronach.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde