Dies Irae
a Latin hymn on the Day of Judgment, commonly sung in a Requiem Mass.
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How to use Dies Irae in a sentence
Among the copies that belonged to Lincoln and Herndon, now in the possession of the museum, is a version of the poem, “Dies Irae.”
Nor yet did this complete the tale of woes of this Dies Irae.
Catastrophe and Social Change | Samuel Henry PrinceWell, the day came,—the Dies Irae for one side or the other, and it proved to be for the "one."
Dies Irae, dies illa, Solvet saeclum in favilla, Teste David cum sybilla.
Delsarte System of Oratory | VariousSequentia pro defunctis” was the later title of the “Dies Irae.
The Story of the Hymns and Tunes | Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth
Of my wanderings after I left the Museum on that black and dismal Dies Irae, I have but a dim recollection.
The Vanishing Man | R. Austin Freeman
British Dictionary definitions for Dies Irae
/ Latin (ˈdiːeɪz ˈɪəraɪ) /
Christianity a famous Latin hymn of the 13th century, describing the Last Judgment. It is used in the Mass for the dead
a musical setting of this hymn, usually part of a setting of the Requiem
Origin of Dies Irae
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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