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From deep feelings of misery or despair.
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Usage: not-comparable
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Alternative form of De Profundis (psalm)
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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The 130th psalm, one of the seven penitential psalms of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
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A letter to Lord Alfred Douglas written by Oscar Wilde while he was imprisoned for gross indecency (homosexual acts). The title is a reference to the 130th psalm.
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The name of various other works of art inspired by the feelings expressed in the 130th psalm. (see De Profundis)
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name
Alternative form of De Profundis.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
Borrowed from Latin de profundis (“from the depths”).
From Middle English De Profundis, De profundis, deprofundis, deprovundis, from Latin dē profundīs (“out of the depths”), the first two words of the Latin version of the 130th Psalm.
From the Latin introit of the psalm.
