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Definition of Doloroso
1. a. & adv. Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction.
Definition of Doloroso
1. having a mournful musical quality [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doloroso
Literary usage of Doloroso
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"... called by the Turks Haral-d-Albam, and by the Christians the Via doloroso, as
being the supposed route of our Lord from the hall of judgment to Calvary. ..."
2. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"... and by the Christians the Via doloroso, as being the supposed route of our
Lord from the hall of judgment to Calvary ..."
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