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Lam·en·ta·tions (-s̸hənz)

noun

Bible a book traditionally ascribed to Jeremiah, lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem: abbrev. La, Lam, or Lm

Etymology: LL(Ec) Lamentationes, transl. in Vulg. for Gr thrēnoi, in LXX

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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