Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LAM-ENT-A'TION
LAM-ENT-A'TION, n. [L. lamentatio.]
- Expression of sorrow; cries of grief; the act of bewailing. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. Matth. ii.
- In the plural, a book of Scripture, containing the lamentations of Jeremiah.
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