dirige
See also: dirigé
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Etymology edit
From Middle English, from Latin dīrige (“guide”, imperative), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead: Dīrige, Domine, Deus meus, in cōnspectū tuō viam meam (“Guide, O Lord my God, my way by your sight”). Doublet of dirge.
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dirige (plural diriges)
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dirige
- inflection of diriger:
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dirige
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ri.ɡe/, [ˈd̪iːrɪɡɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ri.d͡ʒe/, [ˈd̪iːrid͡ʒe]
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dīrige
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From Latin dirige, from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam.
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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 […]
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- “dī̆riǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-10.
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dirige
- inflection of dirigir:
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dirige
- inflection of dirigir: