communal lament
C19779
concept
Communal lament is a collective expression of grief, sorrow, or protest by a community, often through shared rituals, narratives, or performances that both voice suffering and reinforce social bonds.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| communal lament canonical | 2 |
| lamentation text | 2 |
| lamentation | 1 |
| psalm of lament | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: communal lament
Generated description
Communal lament is a collective expression of grief, sorrow, or protest by a community, often through shared rituals, narratives, or performances that both voice suffering and reinforce social bonds.
Instances (6)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Psalm 85 | — |
| Psalm 77 | psalm of lament |
| Psalm 83 | — |
| Christ's Tears over Jerusalem | lamentation |
| Dumuzi’s Dream | lamentation text |
| Sumerian laments for Dumuzi | lamentation text |