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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 960 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 . 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 . These responses are usually sung, and the name Kyrie is thus also applied to their musical setting . In the Lutheran See also:Church the Kyrie is still said or sung in the See also:original See also:Greek . " Kyrielle," a shortened See also:form of Kyrie eleison, is applied to eight-syllabled four-See also:line verses, the last line in each See also:verse being repeated as a refrain .

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