kyrie

Meaning

Noun

A short prayer or petition including the phrase kyrie eleison, meaning “Lord, have mercy”.
A setting of the traditional kyrie text to music for a Mass.

Origin

Ecclesiastical Latin Kyrie, contraction of the Ancient Greek phrase vocative form of Κύριος, from κῦρος, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēw-, *ḱwā-.

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