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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.

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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