requiem
IPA: rˈɛkwiʌm
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.
- A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.
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Examples of "requiem" in Sentences
- The second part of the requiem ended at noon.
- The opening of the song is taken from Verdi's Requiem.
- The Requiem Mass is a modified version of the ordinary mass.
- Requiem possessed the power to control the spirits of people.
- In the 20th century, the requiem evolved in several new directions.
- A battle starts near the location of the Requiem cannon on the Moon.
- In the Tridentine form of the Roman Rite, the funeral mass is a requiem.
- An extract of epazote is the active ingredient of the pesticide Requiem.
- For many centuries the texts of the requiem were sung to Gregorian melodies.
- The Latin text below is taken from the Requiem Mass in the 1962 Roman Missal.
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