Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lamentation

Lamentation , noun

[French lamentation, Latin lamentatio.]

1.
The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. — Matt. ii. 18
2.
(Scripture) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.