How To Spell keening?
How to Pronounce keening?
Correct pronunciation for the word "keening" is [kˈiːnɪŋ], [kˈiːnɪŋ], [k_ˈiː_n_ɪ_ŋ].
What are the misspellings for keening?
"Keening" in context
Keening is an ancient Irish practice involving the wailing and sorrowful lamenting of a death or misfortune. Usually a professional keener, often a female, would be hired to perform the keening at a funeral to symbolically represent the extended family and friends in grief. The intent behind this is to keep the soul of the deceased in rest and to help the mourners to let go of their sadness as the keening is thought to help with the transition of the deceased from the living world to the afterlife.
Usage over time for keening:
This graph shows how "keening" have occurred between 1800 and 2008 in a corpus of English books.
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Resources
- Correct spelling for keening [Infographic] | Spellchecker.net
- keening - English spelling dictionary
- Keening | Definition of keening by Merriam-Webster
- Keening definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
- Keening | Definition of keening at Dictionary.com
- Keening dictionary definition | keening defined
