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lam·en·ta·tion    Audio Help   [lam-uhn-tey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
2.a lament.
3.Lamentations, (used with a singular verb) a book of the Bible, traditionally ascribed to Jeremiah. Abbreviation: Lam.

[Origin: 1325–75; < L lāmentātiōn- (s. of lāmentātiō), equiv. to lāmentāt(us) (ptp. of lāmentārī; see lament) + -iōn- -ion; r. ME lamentacioun < AF ≪ L, as above]
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lam·en·ta·tion    Audio Help   (lām'ən-tā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act of lamenting.
  2. A lament.
  3. Lamentations (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Lam. or Lm See Table at Bible.

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lamentation 
1375, from L. lamentationem (nom. lamentatio) "wailing, moaning, weeping," from lamentatus, pp. of lamentari, from lamentum "a wailing," from PIE base *la- "to shout, cry," probably ultimately imitative. Replaced O.E. cwiþan. Back-formation lament is from 1591 (n.), 1530 (v.).

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lamentation

noun
1. a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament
2. the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief 

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ˌlamenˈtation [lӕmən-] noun
(an) act of lamenting
Example: the lamentations of the widow
Arabic: عَويل، نَحيب، نُواح
Chinese (Simplified): 悲伤
Chinese (Traditional): 悲傷
Czech: naříkání
Danish: klagesang; jeremiade
Dutch: het weeklagen
Estonian: kaeblemine
Finnish: vaikerointi
French: lamentation
German: die Klage
Greek: θρήνος
Hungarian: siránkozás
Icelandic: harmatölur, sorgarkvein
Indonesian: ratapan
Italian: lamento
Japanese: 嘆き
Korean: 비탄, 애도
Latvian: vaimanas; žēlošanās
Lithuanian: raudojimas, sielvartavimas
Norwegian: sorg, sørging, jammer
Polish: opłakiwanie, rozpaczanie
Portuguese (Brazil): lamentação
Portuguese (Portugal): lamento
Romanian: tân­guire
Russian: жалобы; сетования
Slovak: nariekanie
Slovenian: tarnanje
Spanish: lamentación
Swedish: beklagan, jämmer
Turkish: ağlama, feryat, figan; ağıt
See also: lament

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Lamentation

Lam`en*ta"tion\, n. [F. lamentation, L. lamentatio.]

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

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. --Matt. ii. 18.

2. pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.
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