Definitions from Wordnet 2.0

• the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
• a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"

Definitions from Wiktionary

• a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" ,
• the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief

• Lamentation of Christ: The Lamentation of Christ is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque After Jesus was crucified , ...
• Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet: The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet have been set by various composers. Renaissance England: Tallis made two famous sets of the Lamentations. ...
• Book of Lamentations: The Book of Lamentations (אֵיכָה, Eikhah, ʾēkhā(h) is a poetic book of the Hebrew Bible composed by the Jewish prophet Jeremiah . ...
• Lamentations Rabbah: The Midrash on Lamentations or Eichah (Lamentations) Rabbah (Hebrew : מדרש איכה רבה), like Bereshit Rabbah and the Pesiḳta ascribed to Rab ...
• Lamentations: Lamentations may refer to: The Book of Lamentations " "Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet " and "Genre of the Lamentations ", two articles ...
• Lamentation Mountain: Lamentation Mountain, or Mount Lamentation, 720 | ft, is a traprock mountain located 2.5 | mi north of Meriden, Connecticut . ...
• Targum Lamentations: The Targum of Lamentations (TgLam) is an Aramaic rendering of the biblical Book of Lamentations . Like all other targumim , TgLam ...

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