Definitions
Etymologies
- Contraction of the Ancient Greek phrase Κύριε ἐλέησον (Kyrie eleison, "Lord, have mercy") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“They weren't sure, but they knew it would be called "Operation Vidal-kyrie" and would involve putting his hair somewhere near an open flame.”
Chez Pazienza: Sabotage!: Inside the Plan to Stop John Edwards
“I plagiarised a kyrie from the andante of Mahler's 6th for a mass many moons ago and the people loved it - will get my old keyboard out and send you the music...really easy to learn but it sounds like a kyrie should.”
“Masses were quite a production then, clouds of incense, kyrie eleisons and mea culpas in Latin with a conglomeration of acolytes.”
“If you really want to do me a favour, kyrie, you'll stop calling me matia mou.”
“Does it occur to you, kyrie, that I might not want to spend the afternoon with you?”
“She said raggedly, 'I'm sure this chat-up line works with some people, but not with me, kyrie.”
“You keep calling me that, kyrie,' Cressy said with a snap, angrily aware of an odd disappointment at his departure.”
“I've no taste for meaningless compliments, kyrie.”
“Aloud, she said lightly, 'I'm the stranger within your gates, kyrie.”
“She said, 'I'm afraid that you'll have to find another tutor, kyrie.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kyrie’.
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phrontistery - k
from phrontistery.info
kainotophobia, kaiserin, kakidrosis, kakistocracy, kakorrhaphiophobia, kalamkari, kaleidophone, kalology, kalon, kalpis, kalyptra, kame and 189 more...
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remnants of a catholic childhood
extreme unction, viaticum, maundy thursday, spy wednesday, good friday, papabile, monstrance, septuagesima, monsignor, thurible, chasuble, alb and 110 more...
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Word of the day.
Some days, there will be a word. That word is the word of the day. Other days shall remain wordless. That's just the way things go.
petulant, anisometropia, zoroaster, cram, affinity, proprietary, cupertino effect, sidereal, schmutz, icosanoids, vendetta, bougie and 137 more...
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Musical words
nocturne, flat, sharp, waltz, etude, opera, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, cello, flute and 131 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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jimmynewland's Words
steganography, incunabulum, dog days, geekhood, risorgimento, ab initio, slugabed, humanism, diddly-squat, doch-an-dorris, snickersnee, rictus and 198 more...
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good words
words that are mostly fun to say or just lovely
undulate, voluptuous, whimsy, parse, dank, cerulean, peen, traipsing, listless, coup de grace, reconnoiter, mercurial and 499 more...
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Evin290's Words
puerile, fastidious, blatherskite, folderol, femtosecond, redox, incarnadine, cerulean, genuflection, muslin, multitudinous, miasma and 517 more...
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Middlesex
Gleanings from Jeffrey Eugenides' 2002 book of that title.
kukla, kundalini, pantocrator, tsoureki, cruciform, rebetika, periphescence, phylloxera, raki, scrapyard, praying mantis, pilothouse and 38 more...
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Short ’n’ sweet
Words of 5 letters or less (thus pithy) that are pretty cool anyway.
pithy, cavil, hilt, trope, elegy, gett, kyrie, sorry, gild, glebe, buxom, iowa and 42 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, K
kirtle, knapsack, knobbly, kern, kaddish, knight, kaleidoscope, kindling, knell, knoll, kneecap, kindred and 50 more...
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Holy
eschatological, chthonic, sacrosanct, numen, ecclesiastical, liturgy, praxis, exegesis, hagiography, theodicy, cataphatic, apophatic and 15 more...
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absolute favorites
trundle, eidolon, plectrum, bracken, claret, cantata, indices, kyrie, pinion, rose of sharon, thicket, seraphim and 10 more...
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the musician
Started off as names of musical pieces and miscellaneous music terms, now broadened to dance and theatre. (May recategorize this to finer details.)
oratorio, berceuse, barcarolle, appoggiatura, acciaccatura, polonaise, mazurka, overture, canto, arabesque, sinfonia, sonata and 44 more...
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字
ingénue, beguile, captivate, girlish, coquettish, coterie, vivace, phantasmagoria, phosphene, moonglade, begotten, coda and 23 more...
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sed libera nos a malo
One of the last vestiges of my Catholic upbringing is my interest in and love for language that pertains to it.
psalm, breviary, ecclesiastical, absolve, stigmata, catechumen, hymn, chorister, plainsong, litany, benediction, cloistered and 59 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for kyrie.
mollusque From behind the iconostasis Father Mike entered. He was wearing a bright turquoise robe with a red heart embroidered on his back. He crossed the solea and came down among the parishioners. The smoke from his cener rose and curled, fragrant with antiquity. "Kyrie eleison," Father Mike sang. "Kyrie eleison." And though the words meant nothing to me, or almost nothing, I felt their weight, the deep groove they made in the air of time.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002, Middlesex, p. 357 Aug 16, 2008
rolig The Russian version is Го�?поди помилуй – Góspodi pomíluy. Aug 14, 2008
reesetee But these days only when that part is sung (rather than spoken). At least in my area. Aug 14, 2008
chained_bear Also the Kyrie is the only part of the Catholic Mass that's in Greek. Aug 14, 2008
super-logos rolig, what a nice thought! Aug 14, 2008
rolig Yes. Specifically, it is the first word – and hence the common name – of the Eastern Orthodox prayer, Kyrie, eleison, "Lord, have mercy," which in the Orthodox mystical Hesychast tradition was repeated with every breath until it became automatic. In this way, the pious sought to achieve a state of "praying without ceasing," as the Apostle Paul commanded. Aug 14, 2008
super-logos Greek for Lord? Aug 13, 2008