requiem
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Definition of requiem
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
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noun
- A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
- A musical composition for such a mass.
- A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
- (obsolete)Rest; peace.
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A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.
“Any man-eater is called a requiem.”
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Etymology
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”).
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