dirge

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

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Singular
dirge

Plural
dirges

dirge (plural dirges)

  1. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

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