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Webster 1913 Edition
Lamentation
Lamˊen-ta′tion
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lamentation
LAMENTA'TION
,Noun.
1.
Expression of sorrow; cries of grief; the act of bewailing.In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. Matt. 2.
2.
In the plural, a book of Scripture, containing the lamentations of Jeremiah.