Dirge
dirge
(Latin: dirigo, direct)
Song, hymn of mourning sung at funerals or services in memory of the dead. So named from the first word of the antiphon in the office for the dead, Dirige Domine, Deus Meus (Guide, O Lord my God).
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Dirge
a funeral hymn, derived from the Lat. Dirige, the first word of the first antiphon in the office called Oficium Defunctorum, which is Dirige, Domine Deus meus, in conspectu tuo, viam meam. Procter, On Common Prayer, part 2, chapter 5, 5; Rituale Romanun, Officium Defunct. ad Matut. Antiphona.