Lam′en‐ta″tion (?), n. [F. lamentation, L. 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. pl.(Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.