Requiescat
/ɹɛkwɪˈɛskæt/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 A prayer for the peaceful repose of the soul of a dead person
- 2 a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person wordnet
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First word of the Latin phrase requiēscat in pāce (“may he/she rest in peace”). The Latin word requiēscat means "may he/she rest" and is a form of the Latin verb requiēscō (“I rest, I repose”).