Myriologue

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Myriologue \Myr"i*o*logue\, n. [F. myriologue, myriologie, NGr.
     ?, ?, fr. Gr. Moi^ra the goddess of fate or death + lo`gos
     speech, discourse.]
     An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman
     on the death of a friend. [Modern Greece]
     [1913 Webster]