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requiescat (in pace)

Requiescat in pace is a Latin prayer meaning rest in peace.

(noun)

An example of requiescat in pace is what would be on someone's tombstone.

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See requiescat (in pace) in Webster's New World College Dictionary

may he or she rest (in peace): a prayer for a dead person: means “may they rest (in peace)”

Origin: L, subjunc. of requiescere (see re- & quiescent); pace, abl. of pax, peace

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