Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dirige \Dir"i*ge\, n. [L. See {Dirge}.]
   A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being
   the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is
   the first word; a dirge.

         Evensongs and placebo and dirige.        --Wyclif.

         Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture To sing my dirige
         with great devotion.                     --Lamentation
                                                  of Mary
                                                  Magdalene.