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dirge

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Noun — A sad poem or piece of music performed in memory of someone who has died.

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From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirige.

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