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Kyrie
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thumb| XI ("orbis factor")—a fairly ornamented setting of the '' in Gregorian chant—from the [[Liber Usualis'']]
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Christian prayer
- Part of
- ordinary
- Image
- Kyrie XI, orbis factor.png
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Kyrie
- copyright status
- public domain
- different from
- Kylie
- language of work or name
- Koine Greek
- first line
- Κύριε, ἐλέησον
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- In the Bible
- In Eastern Christianity
- In Western Christianity
- ''{{Lang|grc-latn|Kyrie}}'' as section of the Mass ordinary
- Text
- Musical settings
- In litanies
- Modern Catholic thought
- See also
- References
- Citations
- General and cited references
thumb| XI ("orbis factor")—a fairly ornamented setting of the '' in Gregorian chant—from the [[Liber Usualis]]
'''''', a transliteration of Greek , vocative case of (Kyrios), is a common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called the '''' ( ; ).
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