threnody

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

threnody
    n 1: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a
         memorial to a dead person [syn: {dirge}, {coronach},
         {lament}, {requiem}, {threnody}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Threnody \Thren"o*dy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a dirge + ? a song. See
   {Threne}, and {Ode}.]
   A song of lamentation; a threnode. --Sir T. Herbert.
   [1913 Webster]

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