dirige
See also: dirigé
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin dirige, from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirge.
Noun
dirige (plural diriges)
- A Roman Catholic service for the dead, being the first antiphon of matins for the dead, of which dirige is the first word; a dirge.
French
Pronunciation
Verb
dirige
- inflection of diriger:
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Italian
Verb
dirige
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ri.ɡe/, [ˈd̪iːrɪɡɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ri.d͡ʒe/, [ˈd̪iːrid͡ʒe]
Verb
(deprecated template usage) dīrige
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin dirige, from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam.
Pronunciation
Noun
dirige
- The portion of a Christian remembrance service beginning from the first antiphon in matins for the dead.
- The recitation or singing of the Office of the Dead to commemorate the deceased.
- a. 1380, John Wycliffe, Of feyned contemplatif lif, of ſong, of þe ordynal of ſalisbury, & of bodely almes & worldly byſyneſse of preſtis; hou bi þes foure þe fend lettiþ hem fro prechynge of þe gospel[1]:
- Þan were matynys & maſse & euen ſong, placebo & dirige & comendacion & matynes of oure lady ordeyned of ſynful men, to be ſongen wiþ heiȝe criynge to lette men fro þe ſentence & vnderſtondynge of þat þat was þus ſongen, & to maken men wery & vndiſpoſid to ſtudie goddis lawe for akyng of hedis […]
- Then there were matins, mass, evensong, placebo, dirges, commendations, and matins of Our Lady, which originated from sinful men, to be sung with high-pitched shrieking to keep people from the meaning and understanding of that which was sung, as to make men weary and unsuited to study God's law because of headaches […]
Descendants
References
- “dī̆riǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-10.
Portuguese
Verb
dirige
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
dirige
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