coronach
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A dirge; a lamentation for the dead. The custom of singing dirges at funerals was formerly prevalent in Scotland and Ireland, especially in the Highlands of Scotland.
Examples
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This is the Scottish Lowland "coronach," characteristic and expressive as the wailing of the pipes to the Gael or the keening of women among the wild Eirionach.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895
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There shall never be coronach cried, or dirge played, for thee or thy bloody wolf-burd.
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She was roused from her stupor at length by female voices, which cried the coronach, or lament for the dead, with clapping of hands and loud exclamations; while the melancholy note of a lament, appropriate to the clan Cameron, played on the bagpipe, was heard from time to time.
Note
The word 'coranach' comes from the Scottish Gaelic corranach and Irish corānach.