Dir·i·ge n.  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.
    Evensongs and placebo and dirige.   --Wyclif.
 Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture
 To sing my dirige with great devotion.   --Lamentation of Mary Magdalene.

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