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Webster 1913 Edition


Dirige

Dir′i-ge

,
Noun.
[L. See
Dirge
.]
A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first word; a dirge.
Evensongs and placebo and
dirige
.
Wyclif.
Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture
To sing my
dirige
with great devotion.
Lamentation of Mary Magdalene.