1. lament (song); elegy; dirge; sad song
2. Lamentations (book of the Bible)
3. Book of LamentationsThe Book of Lamentations is a poetic book of the Hebrew Bible composed by the Jewish prophet Jeremiah. It mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple in the 6th Century BC. In Judaism it is traditionally recited on the fast day of Tisha B'Av ("Ninth of Av") the saddest day on the Jewish calendar mourning the destruction of both the First and the Second Temples in Jerusalem. In Christianity it is traditionally read during Tenebrae of the Holy Triduum.
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