lamentation

Lam`en*ta"tion, n. Etym: [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.] 1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping Matt. ii. 18. 2. pl. (Script.) Defn: A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.

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