thren‧o‧dy /ˈθrenədi/
noun (
plural threnodies)
[countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Greek;
Origin: threnoidia, from threnos 'song for the dead' + aeidein 'to sing']
literary a funeral song or poem for someone who has died
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