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Kyrie eleison
[Roman Cath. Ch., Angl. Ch. keer-ee-ey e-ley-uh-sawn, -son, -suhn; Gk. Orth. Ch. kee-ree-e e-le-ee-sawn]
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Kyr·i·e e·le·i·son
[Roman Cath. Ch., Angl. Ch. keer-ee-ey e-ley-uh-sawn, -son, -suhn; Gk. Orth. Ch. kee-ree-e e-le-ee-sawn] noun
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(italics) the brief petition “Lord, have mercy,” used in various offices of the Greek Orthodox Church and of the Roman Catholic Church.
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the brief response or petition in services in the Anglican Church, beginning with the words, “Lord, have mercy upon us.”
3.
Also called Kyr·i·e. a musical setting of either of these.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English kyrieleyson < Medieval Latin, Late Latin Kyrie eleīson < Late Greek Kýrie eléēson Lord, have mercy
1300–50; Middle English kyrieleyson < Medieval Latin, Late Latin Kyrie eleīson < Late Greek Kýrie eléēson Lord, have mercy
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kyrie eleison
early 13c., Gk. liturgical formula, adopted untranslated into Latin Mass, lit. "lord have mercy" (Ps. cxxii.3, Matt. xv.22, xvii.15, etc.). From kyrie, vocative of kyrios "lord, master" (see church) + eleeson, aorist imperative of eleo "I have pity on, show mercy to," from
EXPANDeleos "pity, mercy" (see alms).
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