Dies Irae

American  

[dee-eys eer-ey] / ˈdi eɪs ˈɪər eɪ /

noun

1. a Latin hymn on the Day of Judgment, commonly sung in a Requiem Mass.

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Dies Irae British  

/ ˈdiːeɪz ˈɪəraɪ /

noun

1. Christianity a famous Latin hymn of the 13th century, describing the Last Judgment. It is used in the Mass for the dead

2. a musical setting of this hymn, usually part of a setting of the Requiem

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Etymology

Origin of Dies Irae

literally: day of wrath

Example Sentences

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Dies Irae

Still, the books wouldn’t have to face that Dies Irae for a while yet.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2020

But in an Ojai still recovering from its own Dies Irae inferno of last season’s fires, she added two small children appearing out of the metronome cataclysm as signs of hope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2018

Petrenko grasped the existential terror determining the work's mood swings, from the dark resonance of the Gregorian Dies Irae to manic tone rows and a macabre excursion to an Andalusian bar, with a death rattle on castanets.

From The Guardian ● May 5, 2013

Mr. Noseda, an Italian-born conductor who has worked extensively in opera, boldly draws out the score’s operatic elements, as in his stunning account of the fitful Dies Irae, while vividly conveying its overall organic structure.

From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2012

Among his smaller works, the eclogue of Virgil and the Dies Irae are well translated; though the best line in the Dies Irae is borrowed from Dryden.

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel