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dirge
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- pronunciation:
- duhrj
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a song or hymn for a funeral or memorial for the dead.
A dirge was played as the funeral procession progressed through the streets.- similar words:
- elegy, lament
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| definition 2: |
any mournful music, poetry, or sounds resembling a lament for the dead.
- similar words:
- lament
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| related words: |
chant |
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