Plaint
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.

2. (n.) An accusation or protest on account of an injury.

3. (n.) A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.

Library

That a Very Contemplative List not Meddle Him with Active Life ...
... travail by herself, she sat full still and answered not with one word, nor shewed
not as much as a grumbling gesture against her sister for any plaint that she ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the seventeenth chapter.htm

Introduction.
... of many chords, through which the breath of God murmured, drawing forth wailing
and rejoicing, the clear ring of triumphant trust, the low plaint of penitence ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/i introduction.htm

To the Honourable Mr Yorke.
... And hides behind its ardour to be seen. When in his courtiers' ears I pour
my plaint, 60. They drink it as the nectar of the great; ...
/.../young/youngs night thoughts/to the honourable mr yorke.htm

The Poets
... Thus: O dark, dark, dark, I still must say. Amid the blaze of gospel day,. is a
reminiscence of the wonderful plaint of the blinded giant in Samson Agonistes: ...
/.../the hymns of methodism in their literary relations/chapter iii the poets.htm

Chastisements.
... The sensitive nature of the psalmist winces under their heartless desertion
of him, and pours out its plaint in this pathetic lament. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/xiv chastisements.htm

The Songs of the Fugitive.
... He pours out first his plaint of the foes, who are described as "many," and as saying
that, "There is no help for him in God," words which fully correspond to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/xv the songs of the.htm

Other Arts Made Subservient to Idolatry. Lawful Means of Gaining a ...
... Pro Archia, i. tom. xp 10. Ed. Paris, 1817.]. [205] Qu??stum. Another reading
is "questum," which would require us to translate "plaint.". ...
/.../tertullian/on idolatry/chapter viii other arts made subservient.htm

The Master.
... In that maiden's breast Sorrow and loneliness sank darkly down, Though the
blanch'd lips breathed out no boisterous plaint Of common grief.". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/x the master.htm

Oracles on the Edge of Doom. (vii. 16-xviii Passim, xxii, Xlv. )
... The first verses are in curious parallel to Tchekov's remarkable plaint about his
own people and "the Russian disease" as he calls their failing: "Why do we ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/3 oracles on the edge.htm

By Thine Own Hand the Gift was Given
... And from my Father's house I turned. II. O, hear my plaint, I cry to Thee; Be
pitiful, and pardon me,. For I have sinned; O, give me grace. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/brownlie/hymns from the east/by thine own hand the.htm

Thesaurus
Plaint (5 Occurrences)
... an action in writing. Multi-Version Concordance Plaint (5 Occurrences).
Psalms 55:2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in ...
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Plains (31 Occurrences)

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Wander (43 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 55:2 Attend unto me, and
answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud, (DBY). ...
/w/wander.htm - 19k

Plaister (4 Occurrences)

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Aloud (141 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV). Psalms 55:2 Attend unto me, and answer me:
I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud, (DBY). Psalms ...
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Feeble (147 Occurrences)
... spirit. Selah. (YLT). Psalms 102:1 A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble,
and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah ...
/f/feeble.htm - 38k

Hosea (6 Occurrences)
... Instead of laying out his plaint in measured form, he ejaculates it in short, sharp
sentences, as the stabs of his people's sin pierce his heart. ...
/h/hosea.htm - 43k

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Concordance
Plaint (5 Occurrences)

Psalms 55:2
Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Psalms 64:1
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
(Root in WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 102:1
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh. Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.
(Root in WEB JPS DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Psalms 142:2
I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 23:29
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
(Root in WEB YLT NIV)

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Plains (31 Occurrences)

Wander (43 Occurrences)

Plaister (4 Occurrences)

Aloud (141 Occurrences)

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Hosea (6 Occurrences)

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