The Only Use of
condolence
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- I'd written him my condolences when I'd heard that Mrs. Meany had died—and how she'd died—but he'd never written back; I hadn't expected him to write back.†
p. 584.2condolences = expression of sympathy
Definition:
an expression of sympathy to another who is in sorrow -- typically in grief over a death in the family