Dies Irae
Americannoun
noun
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Christianity a famous Latin hymn of the 13th century, describing the Last Judgment. It is used in the Mass for the dead
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a musical setting of this hymn, usually part of a setting of the Requiem
Etymology
Origin of Dies Irae
literally: day of wrath
Example Sentences
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At the end, the Disney organ, with its wood pipes, plays, as the forest burns, an angry Dies Irae.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
Still, the books wouldn’t have to face that Dies Irae for a while yet.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2020
The opening of the finale, the “Witches’ Sabbath,” lives up to its title: deranged and wild, with a Dies Irae so chilling it was later used by Stanley Kubrick in “The Shining.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
Even if not every section is equally successful – the Dies Irae registers as surprisingly jolly for the day of judgment – the best is bold and distinctive.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2011
A portion of one of his hymns, the Tantum Ergo, has been perhaps more used in church services than any other, with the possible exception of the Dies Irae.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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