A-Z: General definitions: Lament

Definition

Expression of grief. A lament is a literary form used to express grief and sometimes questioning caused by a crisis. The Old Testament book of Lamentations contains poems of lament, expressing grief, tragedy and suffering. A number of the Psalms are 'laments' or 'complaints' usually responding to a crisis, particularly an experience of personal suffering. See Woes.

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