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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Dirge
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a song or hymn of mourning, particularly one sung at. funerals or at a service in commemoration of the dead. It is. derived from the first word of the antiphon "Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam" (Guide, 0 Lord, my God, my way in Thy sight), of the opening psalm in the office for the dead in the Roman Church. The antiphon is adapted from verse 8 of Psalm v.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dirge'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/dirge.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dirge'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/dirge.html. 1910.
