Dirge Definition

dûrj
dirges
noun
dirges
A funeral hymn.
Webster's New World
A slow, sad song, poem, or musical composition expressing grief or mourning; lament.
Webster's New World
A mournful or elegiac poem or other literary work.
American Heritage
The Office of the Dead.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Dirge

Noun

Singular:
dirge
Plural:
dirges

Origin of Dirge

  • Middle English an antiphon at Matins in the Office of the Dead from Medieval Latin dīrige Domine direct, O Lord (the opening words of the antiphon) imperative of dīrigere to direct direct

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the beginning of an antiphon in the Latin requiem (Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam)

    From Wiktionary

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