Dirige (?), 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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