Kinos

Meaning

• liturgical elegies of mourning
• especially the Tisha B’Av lamentations

Alternate spellings

Kinot, Kinnos

Usage and context

Also recited in some other mourning contexts, but most commonly refers to the Tisha B’Av collection.

Example in Yeshivish

Kinos takes most of the morning.

Plain-English example

The elegies recited on Tisha B’Av occupy much of the morning.