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Keening

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To wail or lament loudly for the dead
The widow sat alone in her empty house, keening softly for the husband she had lost.
In ancient Celtic rituals, women would often keening during funeral rites to honor the departed.
The ancient ritual involved keening to honor the spirits of the ancestors.
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