Difference between revisions of "Kyrie"
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_47497" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_47497" /> == | ||
<p> (Κύριε ), | <p> ( '''''Κύριε''''' ), "O Lord" (in Church music), the vocative of the Greek word signifying ''Lord,'' with which word all the musical masses in the Church of Rome commence. Hence it has come to be used substantively for the whole piece, as one may say, ''A [[Beautiful]] Kyrie, A Kyrie Well Executed,'' etc. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 10:59, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) See Kyrie eleison.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( Κύριε ), "O Lord" (in Church music), the vocative of the Greek word signifying Lord, with which word all the musical masses in the Church of Rome commence. Hence it has come to be used substantively for the whole piece, as one may say, A Beautiful Kyrie, A Kyrie Well Executed, etc.
