Meaning
5 sensesA Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
Requiem, Totenmesse, Seelenmesse
панихи́даpanixída, ре́квиемrɛ́kvijem
панихи́даpanyxýda, ре́квіємrékvijem
a Mass celebrated for the dead
A musical composition for such a mass.
Requiem, Totenmesse
ре́квиемrɛ́kvijem
ре́квіємrékvijem
a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
ре́квиемrɛ́kvijem
a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.
(obsolete)Rest; peace.
Examples
3 sentencesTom composed a short requiem in Mary's honor.
Besides the thirty operas Verdi wrote a string quartet, the Manzoni Requiem, and a national hymn.
Franz Xaver Süssmayr, an Austrian composer, is best known for having completed Mozart's unfinished Requiem in D minor.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English requiem, from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traFrom Middle English requiem, from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs (“rest, repose”), from re- (“again”) + quiēs (“rest, quiet”).
From French requin, altered by association with Etymology 1, above.
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Forms
plural: requiemsSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsSee also
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