Requiem
Americannoun
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Roman Catholic Church.
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Also called Requiem Mass. the Mass celebrated for the repose of the souls of the dead.
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a celebration of this Mass.
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a plainsong setting for this Mass.
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any musical service, hymn, or dirge for the repose of the dead.
noun
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RC Church a Mass celebrated for the dead
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a musical setting of this Mass
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any piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person or persons
Etymology
Origin of Requiem
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Latin, accusative of requiēs ”rest” (the first word of the introit of the mass for the dead); re- ( def. ), quiet ( def. )
Example Sentences
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So how does the latest edition, Resident Evil Requiem - released to excited fans worldwide on Friday - keep the scares feeling surprising three decades on?
From BBC
As an impoverished and ailing Mozart struggles to complete his “Requiem” before his death at the age of 35, Salieri is torn between his fidelity to music and his loyalty to his own career.
From Los Angeles Times
From “Dear Evan Hansen,” the show that shot him to stardom, he opted for a song that his title character didn’t get to sing, “Requiem.”
From Los Angeles Times
The most striking departures are the handful of wordless sequences of Hujar and Rosenkrantz posing in the manner of a fashion shoot, scored to snippets of Mozart’s Requiem.
A few months earlier, he wrote a song for his old neighborhood called “Requiem for a Village.”
From Los Angeles Times
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