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See also:KYRIE (in full kyrie eleison, or eleeson, Gr. Kvpte MEssvov; cf. Ps. cxxii. 3, Matt. xv. 22, &c., meaning " See also:Lord, have See also:mercy ")
, the words of See also:petition used at the beginning of the See also:Mass and in other offices of the Eastern and See also:Roman Churches
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In the See also:Anglican See also:Book of See also:Common See also:Prayer the See also:Kyrie is introduced into the orders for See also:Morning and Evening Prayer, and also, with an additional petition, as a response made by the See also:congregation after the See also:reading of each of the Ten Commandments at the opening of the Communion Service
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These responses are usually sung, and the name Kyrie is thus also applied to their musical setting
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