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Definition of Cradlesong

1. Noun. A quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep.

2. Noun. The act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep.

Definition of Cradlesong

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cradlesong

cradle cradle-robber cradle-to-grave cradle cap cradle caps cradle robber cradle snatcher cradle snatchers cradleboard cradleboards

cradled cradlelike cradler cradlers cradles cradlesong (current term) cradlesongs cradling craft craft centre

craft centres craft fair craft palsy craft union craftable craftables crafte crafted craftedness crafter

Literary usage of Cradlesong

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Leo Wiener (1903)
"16, Cossack cradlesong, in No. 25, Ballad of the Tsar Ivan Vasilevich, in No. 26; by Miss G. Shepherd, Oh, he was born for happiness, for hope, in No. ..."

2. The Religious Life of Ancient Rome: A Study in the Development of Religious by Jesse Benedict Carter (1911)
"... RELIGIOUS LIFE OF ANCIENT ROME born, and lamentations and chants were her cradlesong. The procession itself afforded an additional proof of the severity ..."

3. The Achehnese by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Richard James Wilkinson (1906)
"The mother in her cradlesong prays that her daughter may excel in this art. as for instance that of the shaving of Muhammad's head, the Biography of Sheikh ..."

4. Songs and Lyrics from the Swedishby Oscar William Peterson by Oscar William Peterson (1910)
"Like muddy waters, all ,ooks disappoint me, And every laughter, like false coins, drops dead; My heart life's weary cradlesong is ticking, ..."

5. Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Leo Wiener (1903)
"16, Cossack cradlesong, in No. 25, Ballad of the Tsar Ivan Vasilevich, in No. 26; by Miss G. Shepherd, Oh, he was born for happiness, for hope, in No. ..."

6. The Religious Life of Ancient Rome: A Study in the Development of Religious by Jesse Benedict Carter (1911)
"... RELIGIOUS LIFE OF ANCIENT ROME born, and lamentations and chants were her cradlesong. The procession itself afforded an additional proof of the severity ..."

7. The Achehnese by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Richard James Wilkinson (1906)
"The mother in her cradlesong prays that her daughter may excel in this art. as for instance that of the shaving of Muhammad's head, the Biography of Sheikh ..."

8. Songs and Lyrics from the Swedishby Oscar William Peterson by Oscar William Peterson (1910)
"Like muddy waters, all ,ooks disappoint me, And every laughter, like false coins, drops dead; My heart life's weary cradlesong is ticking, ..."

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