Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life. 2. (n.) A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence.

Multi-Version Concordance Tragedy (1 Occurrence) 1 Kings 17:20 He cried to Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?" (See NIV)