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Dirige

Dirige

Dir"i*ge\, n. [L. See Dirge.] A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first word; a dirge.

Evensongs and placebo and dirige. --Wyclif.

Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture To sing my dirige with great devotion. --Lamentation of Mary Magdalene.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Dirige is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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