ETYM Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou (imperative of dirigere), the first word of a funeral hymn. Related to Direct, Dirige.
A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person; SYN. coronach, lament, requiem, threnody.
Song of lamentation for the dead. A poem of mourning is usually called an elegy.
U pravoslavnoj crkvi: služba za pokoj duše umrlog, panihida; kod katolika: rekvijem. (grč.)