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Keening

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To wail or lament loudly for the dead
The women of the village gathered to keening when they heard the news of the shipwreck.
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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