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noun
A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
A setting of the traditional kyrie text to music for a Mass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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History
From Ecclesiastical Latin Kyrie, contraction of the Ancient Greek phrase Κύριε ἐλέησον (Kúrie eléēson, “Lord, have mercy”), from Ancient Greek Κύριε (Kúrie), vocative form of Κύριος (Kúrios, “Lord”), from κῦρος (kûros, “supremacy, authority”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēw-, *ḱewh1- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”).
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