Definition of Mournings

1. mourning [n] - See also: mourning

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mournings

mournfuller
mournfullest
mournfully
mournfulness
mournfulnesses
mourning
mourning(a)
mourning band
mourning cloak
mourning cloaks
mourning dove
mourning doves
mourning ring
mourningly
mournings
mournival
mournivals
mourns
mous
mousable
mousaka
mousakas
mousambi
mousambis
mouse
mouse's nest
mouse-colored
mouse-colored antshrike
mouse-colored antshrikes

Literary usage of Mournings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of Husband and Wife According to the Law of Scotland by Frederick Parker Walton (1893)
"Widow's Mournings and Aliment to first term after husband's death-—A. widow has a legal claim for mournings suitable to her husband's quality. ..."

2. The British Essayists;: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"N° 64. in all public mournings that the many trades wliich depend upon our habits, are during that folly either pinched with present want, or terrified with ..."

3. An Account of the European Settlements in America: Containing an Accurate by Edmund Burke, William Burke (1808)
"... mournings for their dead.—The feast of souls.— The American women; their occupations; their marriages and divorces. THE loss of any one of their people, ..."

4. Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia: Including a Residence by Austen Henry Layard (1887)
"... Lur mournings—Lur graves—Detected by an Arab—My life in danger—Saleh's misconduct — Reach Turkish territory—And Baghdad—Incident on the way. ..."

5. A Handbook of Husband and Wife According to the Law of Scotland by Frederick Parker Walton (1893)
"Widow's Mournings and Aliment to first term after husband's death-—A. widow has a legal claim for mournings suitable to her husband's quality. ..."

6. The British Essayists;: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"N° 64. in all public mournings that the many trades wliich depend upon our habits, are during that folly either pinched with present want, or terrified with ..."

7. An Account of the European Settlements in America: Containing an Accurate by Edmund Burke, William Burke (1808)
"... mournings for their dead.—The feast of souls.— The American women; their occupations; their marriages and divorces. THE loss of any one of their people, ..."

8. Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia: Including a Residence by Austen Henry Layard (1887)
"... Lur mournings—Lur graves—Detected by an Arab—My life in danger—Saleh's misconduct — Reach Turkish territory—And Baghdad—Incident on the way. ..."

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