Dolour

[dәulә]

Definition

n. pain: grief: anguish.—adjs. Dolorif′erous Dolori′fic causing or expressing dolour pain or grief.—adv. Dolorō′so (mus.) noting a soft and pathetic manner.—adj. Dol′orous full of dolour pain or grief: doleful.—adv. Dol′orously.—n. Dol′orousness.—Dolours of the Virgin the prophecy of Simeon the flight into Egypt the three days' loss of Jesus the meeting of Him on the way to Calvary the crucifixion the descent from the cross the entombment.

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