Dieresis

See DLÆRESIS. Die'-sinker, n. One whose vocation is to cut and engrave the dies used in the stamping of coin, . Die'-sinking, n. See DIE. Dies Iræ, ( di - es -i're,) n. [Lat., day of wrath.] (Mus.) The name commonly given, from the opening words, to a celebrated Latin hymn, describing the final judgment of the world. It is characterized by remarkable force and beauty, combined with great smoothne of rhyme, and commences: "Dies iræ, dies ill a, Solvet sæclum in favilla, Teste David cum Sibylla." The authorship of this beautiful hymn has been ascribed to various persons; but it most probably proceeded from the pen of Thomas of Celano, a Francis can monk, who died about the year 1255. In the 14th century it was admitted into the service of the Church, and made a part of the Requiem , or ma for the souls of the dead. This hymn has been frequently translated into German, and into English.