coronach

• Chant ou complainte funèbre composé ou interprété en mémoire d'une personne décédée, souvent d'origine écossaise ou gaélique.

A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

1. Funeral lamentC2formalbritish

   A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person, especially in Scottish or Irish tradition.

   Complainte funèbre

   • The clan gathered to sing a coronach for their fallen chief.
   • A haunting coronach echoed through the glen after the funeral.
   • The old bard composed a coronach to honor the warrior's memory.

   Synonymesdirgeelegykeenlamentrequiemthrenody