dirige
See also: dirigé
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
dirige (plural diriges)
- A Roman Catholic service for the dead, being the first antiphon of matins for the dead, of which dirige is the first word; a dirge.
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
dirige
- inflection of diriger:
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ItalianEdit
VerbEdit
dirige
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LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ri.ɡe/, [ˈd̪iːrɪɡɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ri.d͡ʒe/, [ˈd̪iːrid͡ʒe]
VerbEdit
dīrige
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin dirige, from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 […]
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “dī̆riǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-10.
PortugueseEdit
VerbEdit
dirige
- inflection of dirigir:
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
dirige
- inflection of dirigir: