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Noun: dirge  durj
  1. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
    "The choir sang a solemn dirge at the funeral";
    - coronach, lament, requiem, threnody, threnode

Derived forms: dirges

Type of: song, vocal

Encyclopedia: Dirge