Kyrie
[Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Church keer-ee-ey e-ley-uh-sawn, -son, -suh n; Greek Orthodox Church kee-ree-e e-le-ee-sawn] /Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Church ˈkɪər iˌeɪ ɛˈleɪ əˌsɔn, -ˌsɒn, -sən; Greek Orthodox Church ˈki ri ɛ ɛˈlɛ i sɔn/
noun
1.
(italics) the brief petition “Lord, have mercy,” used in various offices of the Greek Orthodox Church and of the Roman Catholic Church.
2.
the brief response or petition in services in the Anglican Church, beginning with the words, “Lord, have mercy upon us.”.
3.
Also called Kyrie. a musical setting of either of these.
/ˈkɪrɪɪ əˈleɪsən/
noun
1.
a formal invocation used in the liturgies of the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Anglican Churches
2.
a musical setting of this
early 13c., Greek liturgical formula, adopted untranslated into the Latin mass, literally “lord have mercy” (Ps. cxxii:3, Matt. xv:22, xvii:15, etc.). From kyrie, vocative of kyrios “lord, master” (see church) + eleeson, aorist imperative of eleo “I have pity on, show mercy to,” from eleos “pity, mercy” (see alms).
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