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Di⋅es I⋅rae

  [dee-eys eer-ey]
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a Latin hymn on the Day of Judgment, commonly sung in a Requiem Mass.
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Di·es I·rae   (dē'ās îr'ā')   
n.  A medieval Latin hymn describing Judgment Day, used in some masses for the dead.

[Medieval Latin Diēs īrae, day of wrath (the first words of the hymn) : Latin diēs, day + Latin īrae, genitive of īra, wrath.]
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Dies irae

(Latin: "Day of Wrath"), the opening words of a Latin hymn on the Last Judgment, ascribed to Thomas of Celano (d. c. 1256) and once forming part of the office for the dead and requiem mass.

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