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Definition of dirges in English English dictionary
- plural of dirge
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- A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
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- {n} a mournful or funeral ditty, a service
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- A poem of grief or lamentation, especially one intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites (See also Elegy, Epitaph, Monody)
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- a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
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- A dirge is a slow, sad song or piece of music. Dirges are sometimes performed at funerals
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- A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn
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- {i} funeral song, mournful song; mournful sound
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- Slow and mournful song Threnody
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- A lamentlike composition, sometimes vocal, that is often played at a funeral or memorial service
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- a brief funeral hymn or song An example is Henry King's Exequy
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- A piece that is performed at a funeral or memorial service