Difference between revisions of "Jeremiad"

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A jeremiad is a long literary work in which there is a lament over degeneracy. Sometimes it denounces a society for its wickedness. ^[1]

↑ Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Jeremiad originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood

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−	'''~~Jeremiad~~''' is a long [[literary]] work in which there is a lament over degeneracy. ~~Some times~~ it denounces a [[society]] for its wickedness. <ref>{{Nuttall\|Jeremiad}}</ref>	+	A '''jeremiad''' is a long [[literary]] work in which there is a lament over degeneracy. Sometimes it denounces a [[society]] for its wickedness. <ref>{{Nuttall\|Jeremiad}}</ref>

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