Lamentations
noun
Lam·en·ta·tions
ˌla-mən-ˈtā-shənz 
plural in form but singular in construction
: a poetic book on the fall of Jerusalem in canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table
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One is the follow-up to 2020’s Lamentations, produced by Shooter Jennings.
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Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2021
Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2021
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Lamentations
noun
Lam·en·ta·tions
ˌlam-ən-ˈtā-shənz
: a poetic book on the fall of Jerusalem in canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see bible
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