Thesaurus / monody
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synonyms for monody
- canticle
- ceremony
- chant
- dirge
- elegy
- eulogy
- liturgy
- psalm
- ritual
- sermon
- threnody
- worship
- death song
- funeral hymn
- memorial service
- religious song
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How to use monody in a sentence
In my last communication on this subject, I forgot to remark on the strange title given to the monody on Mr. Browne.
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 73, MARCH 22, 1851VARIOUSThe feature of this dramatic-musical novelty was its musica-parlante—a species of monody, or declamation, claimed to be la Grec.
VERDI: MAN AND MUSICIANFREDERICK JAMES CROWESTThe clavier by its very nature tended towards polyphony; the violin towards monody.
THE PIANOFORTE SONATAJ.S. SHEDLOCKThe chorus died; and we heard again the deep monody of the sea, like the admonitory voice of fate.
OLD JUNKH. M. TOMLINSONMilton's "Lycidas" is a monody on the death of the poet's friend, Edward King.
ELEMENTARY GUIDE TO LITERARY CRITICISMF. V. N. PAINTERThe Monody on the Death of Chatterton might have been written by fifty people during the century before it.
A HISTORY OF NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE (1780-1895)GEORGE SAINTSBURYTo censure it in a Monody or Sonnet is almost as absurd as to dislike a circle for being round.
THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGESAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEIn 1803 lines 5-10 were again omitted from the Man of Ross, but not included in the Monody.
THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGESAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEThe Monody on his wife's death has the merit of sincere feeling, expressed in one or two passages poetically.
THE AGE OF POPEJOHN DENNISBut the Monody never appeared: the poet died, his young wife too.
WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTONWORDS RELATED TO MONODY
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