book of lamentations

1. 1.

   an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah

   SynonymsLamentations

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Questions about book of lamentations

What does book of lamentations mean?

book of lamentations means "an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah".

What is another word for book of lamentations?

Close synonyms include Lamentations. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is book of lamentations a common word?

book of lamentations is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.