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Requiem definition

Re·quiem (rek′wē əm; rā′kwē-, rē′-)

noun

  1. R.C.Ch. a Mass for one or more deceased persons
  2. a musical setting for this; also, any musical service, hymn, or dirge for the dead
  3. any dirgelike song, chant, or poem

Etymology: ME < L, acc. of requies, rest (see re- & quiet): first word of the Introit in the Latin Mass for the Dead

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Requiem Synonyms

requiem

n.

dirge, Mass for the dead, threnody; see funeral 1, hymn, mass.


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Requiem Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • write: Mozart becomes obsessed with writing a Requiem as his friends, family, health, and resources waste away.

Preposition: for

  • dream: Requiem for a Dream Jason ( Email address withheld ) writes: Watched this 2 times now.

Adjective modifier

  • German: Join us for a day's workshop on Brahm's German Requiem with our musical director Jonathan Newell.

Modifies a noun

  • mass: Among the 400 people who attended his requiem mass were many members of the Luton team of the 1950s.

Noun used with modifier

  • dona: Amen Numbers 6, 24 15 Pie Jesu Pie Jesu, Domine, dona eis requiem.
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Requiem quotes

Noble men in the quiet of morning hear Indians singing the continent's violent requiem.

-Dunbar,William

That state is a state of Slavery in which a man does what he likes to do in his spare time and in his working time that which is required of him.

-Gill, (Arthur) Eric Rowton

To these compositions is required neither genius nor knowledge, neither industry nor spriteliness, but contempt of shame, and indifference to truth are absolutely necessary.

-Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

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