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Definition of Dirige
1. n. 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.
Definition of Dirige
1. a dirge [n -S] - See also: dirge
Medical Definition of Dirige
1. 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) Origin: L. See Dirge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirige
Literary usage of Dirige
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poems of William Dunbar: Now First Collected. With Notes, and a Memoir by William Dunbar (1834)
"... DUNBAR'S dirige TO THE KING AT STIRLING. WE that ar heir in Kevins glory, To
yow that ar in Purgatory, ..."
2. Sacred Classics: Or, Cabinet Library of Divinity by Henry Stebbing, Richard Cattermole (1836)
"... this So much abhorr'd worm, can Honour destroy—burn worlds—devour up man.
dirige VIAS MEAS, DOMINE! OPEN thyself, and then look in ; Consider ..."
3. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1896)
"... and that each day there shall be said for us the ' placebo et dirige '2 and
masses, and wax tapers [put] around this pall for us, each of three pounds ..."
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