| Definition of 'dies irae' |
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1. (noun) Dies Irae
the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath')
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1. dies irae
day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous mediaeval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment
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1. dies irae
a Latin hymn on the Last Judgment, so called from first words, and based on Zeph. i. 14-18; it is ascribed to a monk of the name of Thomas de Celano, who died in 1255, and there are several translations of it in English, besides a paraphrastic rendering in the "Lay of the Last Minstrel" by Scott, and it is also the subject of a number of musical compositions.
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