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lamentations   (TTS Sound)

The noun lamentations has 1 sense

• Lamentations, Book of Lamentations -- (an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah)

The noun lamentation has 2 senses

• lament, lamentation, plaint, wail -- (a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward")


• lamentation, mourning -- (the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief)