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Requiem

//ˈɹɛ.kwi.əm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
  2. 2
    A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.

    "Any man-eater is called a requiem."

  3. 3
    a Mass celebrated for the dead wordnet
  4. 4
    A musical composition for such a mass.
  5. 5
    a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead wordnet
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  1. 6
    A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
  2. 7
    a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person wordnet
  3. 8
    Rest; peace. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English requiem, from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs (“rest, repose”), from re- (“again”) + quiēs (“rest, quiet”).

Etymology 2

From French requin, altered by association with Etymology 1, above.

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