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Definition of Coranach
1. n. A lamentation for the dead; a dirge.
Definition of Coranach
1. coronach [n -S] - See also: coronach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coranach
Literary usage of Coranach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"A choral, a hymn tune in simple and dignified style, coranach ... The coranach
was sung for people of all classes because of the belief that its omission ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"coranach, «• [Written also Coronach and Cora- courtship. nich.] Dirge, funeral
song or lament. ... Coronach, n [Written also coranach and Cora- nich. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Corona vene- ria, a scar or mark sometimes left on the forehead after syphilitic
necrosis of the l»one. coronach, coranach (kor'ö-, kor'a-nak), n. ..."
4. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"because I knew beforehand what must be the burden of their advertising coranach.
I set out for Philadelphia on the morrow, Tuesday the twenty-third, ..."
5. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"coranach (Gaelic.) A funeral song or dirge. Cor Anglais (Fr.) (kör änh-gläs.)
English horn ; the tenor oboe ; also a reed stop in an organ. ..."
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