Kyrie
[kiəri:ei]
Definition
(n.) See Kyrie eleison.
Editor: Nettie
Definition
n. the Kyrie eleé£on='Lord have mercy ' including both the words and the music to which they are sung: one of the responses to the commandments in the Anglican ante-communion service.—Kyrie eleé£on a form of prayer which occurs in all the ancient Greek liturgies and retained in the R.C. mass following immediately after the introit.
Checker: Wilmer