| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Kyr·i·e |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kîr  -  |
| NOUN: | 1a. A brief petition and response used in various liturgies of several Christian churches, beginning with or composed of the words “Lord, have mercy.” b. A brief petition and response that together comprise the first item of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass. 2. A musical setting of either of these sets of petition and response. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin K rie (eleison), from Greek K rie eleson, Lord, have mercy : Krie, vocative of krios, lord, master; see keu - in Appendix I + eleson, aorist imperative of elein, to show mercy (from eleos, mercy).
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