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dirige (medicine)


dirige


A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first word; a dirge. "Evensongs and placebo and dirige." (Wyclif) "Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture To sing my dirige with great devotion." (Lamentation of Mary Magdalene)

Origin: L. See Dirge.

Source: Websters Dictionary


friation (iou)



friation noun.M17-M18.
[from Latin friat- pa. ppl stem of friare: see FRIABLE, -ATION.]
The action of rubbing or crumbling into small pieces.