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dirge
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Dirge
(gcide) | Dirge \Dirge\, n. [Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou
(imperative of dirigere), the first word of a funeral hymn
(Lat. transl. of Psalm v. 8) beginning, "Dirige, Domine, in
conspectu tuo vitam meam." See Direct, a., and cf.
Dirige.]
A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany
funeral rites; a funeral hymn.
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The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls
Sung dirges at her funeral. --Ford.
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dirge
(wn) | dirge
n 1: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a
memorial to a dead person [syn: dirge, coronach,
lament, requiem, threnody] |
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Dirge
(gcide) | Dirge \Dirge\, n. [Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou
(imperative of dirigere), the first word of a funeral hymn
(Lat. transl. of Psalm v. 8) beginning, "Dirige, Domine, in
conspectu tuo vitam meam." See Direct, a., and cf.
Dirige.]
A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany
funeral rites; a funeral hymn.
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The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls
Sung dirges at her funeral. --Ford.
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Dirgeful
(gcide) | Dirgeful \Dirge"ful\, a.
Funereal; moaning.
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Soothed sadly by the dirgeful wind. --Coleridge.
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