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Topic: MUSIC

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Greek
Origin: threnoidia, from threnos 'song for the dead' + aeidein 'to sing'

threnody

 noun
     
thren‧o‧dy plural threnodies [countable]
literaryAPMMX a funeral song or poem for someone who has died
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