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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]
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1. (italics) the brief petition “Lord, have mercy,” used in various offices of the Greek Orthodox Church and of the Roman Catholic Church.
2. 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; ME kyrieleyson < ML, LL Kyrie eleīson < LGk Kýrie eléēson Lord, have mercy
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Kyr·i·e   (kîr'ē-ā')   
n.  

    1. A brief petition and response used in various liturgies of several Christian churches, beginning with or composed of the words "Lord, have mercy."

    2. A brief petition and response that together comprise the first item of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass.

  2. A musical setting of either of these sets of petition and response.


[Late Latin Kȳrie (eleison), from Greek Kūrie eleēson, Lord, have mercy : Kūrie, vocative of kūrios, lord, master; see keuə- in Indo-European roots + eleēson, aorist imperative of elein, to show mercy (from eleos, mercy).]
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Word Origin & History

kyrie eleison 
c.1225, Gk. liturgical formula, adopted untranslated into Latin Mass, lit. "lord have mercy" (Ps. cxxii.3, Matt. xv.22, xvii.15, etc.). From kyrie, voc. of kyrios "lord, master" (see church) + eleeson, aorist imper. of eleo "I have pity on, show mercy to," from eleos "pity, mercy" (see alms).
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