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Definition of Latewake
1. n. See Lich wake, under Lich.
Definition of Latewake
1. a watch over the dead [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Latewake
Literary usage of Latewake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Local Historian's Table Book, of Remarkable Occurences, Historical Facts (1844)
"LUCKY WINTER'S latewake. BY ROBERT STORY. REVISED AND CORRECTED BT THE AUTHOR.
FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE NEWCASTLE MAGAZINE FOR 1*25. ..."
2. Social life in Scotland by Charles Rogers (1884)
"The latewake, a watching of the body from the moment of departure till the hour
of burial, was practised ... To avoid the cost of a protracted latewake, ..."
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