threnody

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a song, poem, or other composition expressing grief or mourning, especially for someone who has died

   The cellist performed a quiet threnody in memory of the victims.

From Greek threnoidia, 'lamentation,' formed from threnos, 'dirge or lament,' and oide, 'song.' English adopted the learned term for a musical or literary work of mourning.

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