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A funeral song that admits grief isn't quiet, it's rhythmic.
means A slow, mournful song or poem composed to lament the dead.
from From Latin dirige, 'direct,' the opening word of an antiphon sung in the Office for the Dead ('Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam' — 'Direct, Lord my God, my way in your sight'). A whole genre of grief got named for a single stern imperative at the start of a prayer.
- origin
- from latin dirige, meaning direct or guide
- liturgical root
- opened a medieval office for the dead
- cousin word
- related to elegy, but elegy flatters more
- modern use
- now any slow, mournful tune, sacred optional