lamentation

The act of lamenting.

A lament.

The act of bewailing; expression of sorrow; a mournful outcry.

plural The shorter title of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, one of the poetical books of the Old Testament.

plural The music to which the first three lessons, taken from the Lamentations of Jeremiah, are sung in the Roman Catholic Church, in the office called Tenebræ, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of Holy Week.

The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.

A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.

The act of lamenting.

A sorrowful cry; a lament.