DIRGE

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DIRGE , a song or hymn of

mourning

MOURNING (from the verb " to mourn," to be sorrowful, 0. Eng. murnan; cf. O.H.G. mornen, Goth. maurnan, to be anxious, O.N. morna, to pine away; by some referred to root seen in Gr. jdptpva, sorrow, by others to root mer-, to die)

, particularly one sung at funerals or at a service in commemoration of the dead. It is derived from the first word of the antiphon " Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam " (Guide, 0 Lord, my God, my way in Thy sight), of the opening

psalm

PSALM (from the Gr. word * hXAew, to play the harp)

in the

office

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

for the dead in the

Roman

ROMAN

Church

CHURCH
CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other
languages
- LANGUAGES
under various forms—Scottish
kirk
- KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )
, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
CHURCH,
RICHARD
- RICHARD
- RICHARD (d. 1184)
- RICHARD, FRANCOIS
  MARIE
  - MARIE
  BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
- RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
- RICHARD, ST
WILLIAM
(1815–189o)
CHURCH, SIR
RICHARD
- RICHARD
- RICHARD (d. 1184)
- RICHARD, FRANCOIS
  MARIE
  - MARIE
  BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
- RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
- RICHARD, ST
(1784–1873)

. The antiphon is adapted from verse 8 of

Psalm

PSALM (from the Gr. word * hXAew, to play the harp)

v.

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