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| armband |
a cloth band worn around the upper arm as a badge of rank, membership, or the like, or as a symbol, as of mourning. |
| bombazine |
a finely woven twill cloth of silk or rayon with wool, often dyed black for use as mourning clothes. |
| crape |
a band of black fabric worn on the arm as a sign of mourning. [2/3 definitions] |
| crepe |
black fabric, as for an armband, used as a sign of mourning; crape. [1/5 definitions] |
| half-mast |
a point midway up a ship's mast, at which the flag is flown to signal distress or as a symbol of mourning. [1/2 definitions] |
| in sackcloth and ashes |
in a state of mourning or repentance. |
| keen2 |
to wail loudly, as in mourning for the dead. [1/2 definitions] |
| knell |
to make a sound of mourning or doom. [1/6 definitions] |
| lament |
a formal expression of mourning in poetry or song; elegy or dirge. [1/5 definitions] |
| monody |
a poem mourning someone's death; elegy; lament. [1/2 definitions] |
| sackcloth |
clothing of coarse material, worn as a sign of repentance or mourning. [1/2 definitions] |
| shiva |
in Judaism, the seven-day mourning period during which friends can visit those who are bereaved by the death of a loved one. |
| threnody |
a poem or song of mourning; lamentation; dirge. |
| Tishah b'Av |
the ninth day of the month of Av in the Jewish calendar, observed as a day of fasting and mourning in commemoration of the destruction of the temple in ancient Jerusalem. |
| turtledove |
the mourning dove. [1/2 definitions] |
| weed2 |
(usu. pl.) mourning apparel. |
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