Dirige \Dir"i*ge\, 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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