ELEGY

ELEGY. → David's, on Saul and Jonathan 2Sa 1:17,19-27 → On Abner 2Sa 3:33,34 → See the BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS La 1 → See also POETRY → See RHETORIC

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elegy. Elegy, n. a funeral poem, a plaintive song

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El″e‐gy (?), n.; pl. Elegies (#). [[L. elegia, Gr. �, fem. sing. (cf. �, prop., neut. pl. of � a distich in elegiac verse), fr. � elegiac, fr. � a song of mourning.]] A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. Shak.