Definition of "dirges" [dirges]

• Plural form of dirge. (noun)

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• "The bard, the rhapsodist, the extemporaneous singer of war-chants and dirges, is the only representative of literature at that early stage in the history of a people; and it is not till the arts of peace have taken their place side by side with the arts of war, that poems are written, not sung – that histories are recorded with the pen, not carved out by the sword."
• "In proof of this, we have but to recall the dirges and triumph songs, the reflective lyrics, and the liturgical hymns that compose the collection we know as the Psalms."
• "In the following quotation 'dirges' are mentioned by name."