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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

requiem Synonyms

requiem

n.

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

Requiem Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • write: Mozart becomes obsessed with writing a Requiem as his friends, family, health, and resources waste away.
  • compose: The group was formed in 2002 to perform a choral requiem composed by Terry Bailey in memory of his parents.
  • do: I'd had this slightly obsessive idea about doing a secular Requiem for a while - since my mate's little girl died.

Preposition: for

  • dream: Requiem for a Dream Jason ( Email address withheld ) writes: Watched this 2 times now.
  • voice: Sotto Voce recorded his Requiem for voices, organ, horn and string orchestra in March 2005 ( see link below ).

Adjective modifier

  • German: Join us for a day's workshop on Brahm's German Requiem with our musical director Jonathan Newell.
  • Venetian: In June 2004 she created Venetian Requiem for the Royal Ballet's Diaghilev Celebration.
  • wonderful: Learn and perform Mozart's wonderful Requiem in a day!
  • new: The tenor and former student Rhys Meirion will perform Welsh composer Brian Hughes ' new Requiem at the College with Côr Godre'r Garth.
  • solemn: There was a solemn Requiem at the House of Mercy, the celebrant being his nephew William Carter, Bishop of Zululand.

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.
  • eis: Amen Numbers 6, 24 15 Pie Jesu Pie Jesu, Domine, dona eis requiem.
  • word: A Requiem is a setting of Latin text of the Mass for the Dead, which begins with the word requiem, meaning rest.