Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
epicedian .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Elegiac; funereal.
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- adjective
elegiac ;funereal
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Examples
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When the procession filed out priests perfumed the coffin with incense and sprinkled it with holy water, acolytes bore aloft their flambeaux, and the choir, now seen to be robed in black, sang epicedial hymns.
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When the procession filed out priests perfumed the coffin with incense and sprinkled it with holy water, acolytes bore aloft their flambeaux, and the choir, now seen to be robed in black, sang epicedial hymns.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906
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When the procession filed out priests perfumed the coffin with incense and sprinkled it with holy water, acolytes bore aloft their flambeaux, and the choir, now seen to be robed in black, sang epicedial hymns.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897
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