dirige

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dirige - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dirige \Dir"i*ge\, n. [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.
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           Evensongs and placebo and dirige.        --Wyclif.
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           Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture
           To sing my dirige with great devotion.   --Lamentation
                                                    of Mary
                                                    Magdalene.
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