Dirge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dirge	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Dirge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dirge n a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person Synonym(s): dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dirge \Dirge\, n. [Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou (imperative of dirigere), the first word of a funeral hymn (Lat. transl. of Psalm v. 8) beginning, [bd]Dirige, Domine, in conspectu tuo vitam meam.[b8] See {Direct}, a., and cf. {Dirige}.] A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn. The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls Sung dirges at her funeral. --Ford.