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noun
1.
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
2.
any composition resembling such a song or tune in character, as a poem of lament for the dead or solemn, mournful music: Tennyson's dirge for the Duke of Wellington.
3.
a mournful sound resembling a dirge: The autumn wind sang the dirge of summer.
4.
Ecclesiastical. the office of the dead, or the funeral service as sung.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English dir(i)ge < Latin: direct, syncopated variant of dīrige (imperative of dīrigere), first word of the antiphon sung in the Latin office of the dead (Psalm V, 8)
1175–1225; Middle English dir(i)ge < Latin: direct, syncopated variant of dīrige (imperative of dīrigere), first word of the antiphon sung in the Latin office of the dead (Psalm V, 8)
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Dirges
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Example Sentences
- Pirro is not campaigning in a hearse while listening to dirges.
- They wailed and sang dirges as they lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the funeral procession.
- The challenge for his arena tours is how to animate a concert of dirges and anthems, and he has plenty of strategies.
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Word Origin & History
dirge
early 13c., from L. dirige "direct!" imperative of dirigere "to direct," probably from antiphon Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam, "Direct, O Lord, my God, my way in thy sight," from Psalm v:9, which opened the Matins service in the Office of the Dead. Transferred sense of "any funeral
EXPANDsong" is from c.1500.
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