kyrieleison

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA(key): (Central) [ki.ɾi.əˈlej.zun]

  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ki.ɾi.əˈlej.zon]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ki.ɾi.eˈlej.zon]

Noun

kyrieleison m

  1. pre-2016 form of kirieleison

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.rjeˈlɛj.son/, /ki.rjeˈlɛj.zon/
  • Rhymes: -ɛjson, -ɛjzon
  • Hyphenation: ky‧rie‧lèi‧son

Noun

kyrieleison m

  1. alternative form of kyrie eleison

Latin

Interjection

kȳrieleison

  1. (Medieval Latin) alternative form of Kȳrie eleison (“Lord, have mercy”)
    • c. 12th century, Alain de Lille, Explanatio in Prophetia Merlini Ambrosii 5.52:
      Populus autem hec audiebat orans et clamans “kyrieleison”.
      But the people listened to these things, praying and shouting “Lord, have mercy”.

Noun

kȳrieleison n (indeclinable)

  1. (Medieval Latin) alternative form of Kȳrie eleison (prayer)
    • 1561, Agostino Mainardi, Missae ac Missalis anatomia […] , page 34:
      Cur (rogo) illud tribus tantummodo uicibus in Trinitatis memoriam […] non cantant potius quam ad significandos nouem Angelorum ordines, ad quos hoc kyrieleison, non dirigitur?
      Why (I ask) do they not sing it just three times in recollection of the Trinity […] rather than in such a way as to signify the nine orders of Angels, to whom this Kyrie eleison is not directed?
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