Requiem \Re"qui*em\ (r?"kw?-?m;277), n. [Acc. of L. requies
rest, the first words of the Mass being "Requiem aeternam
dona eis, Domine," give eternal rest to them, O lord; pref.
re- re + quies quiet. See Quiet, n., and cf. Requin.]
1. (R.C.Ch.) A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed
soul.
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We should profane the service of the dead
To sing a requiem and such rest to her
As to peace-parted souls. --Shak.
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2. Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a
deceased person.
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3. Rest; quiet; peace. [Obs.]
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Else had I an eternal requiem kept,
And in the arms of peace forever slept. --Sandys.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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79 Moby Thesaurus words for "requiem":
Dry Mass, Eucharistic rites, Lady Mass, Low Mass, Mass, Missa,
Missa bassa, Missa cantata, Missa legata, Missa media,
Missa praesanctificatorum, Missa privata, Missa publica,
Missa sicca, Negro spiritual, Requiem Mass, Rosary, Rosary Mass,
anthem, burial service, cantata, canticle, chorale, church music,
coronach, dead march, death knell, death song, deathwatch, dirge,
doxology, elegy, epicedium, eulogy, exequies, extreme unction,
funeral march, funeral oration, funeral rites, funeral song,
gospel, gospel music, graveside oration, hymn, hymn-tune, hymnody,
hymnology, introit, keen, knell, last duty, last honors,
last offices, last rites, mass, monody, motet, muffled drums,
obsequies, offertory, offertory sentence, oratorio, paean,
passing bell, passion, prosodion, psalm, psalmody, recessional,
requiem mass, sacred music, spiritual, the Divine Liturgy,
the Liturgy, threnode, threnody, viaticum, wake, white spiritual
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Requiem \Re"qui*em\ (r?"kw?-?m;277), n. [Acc. of L. requies
rest, the first words of the Mass being ``Requiem aeternam
dona eis, Domine,'' give eternal rest to them, O lord; pref.
re- re + quies quiet. See Quiet, n., and cf. Requin.]
1. (R.C.Ch.) A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed
soul.
We should profane the service of the dead To sing a
requiem and such rest to her As to peace-parted
souls. --Shak.
2. Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a
deceased person.
3. Rest; quiet; peace. [Obs.]
Else had I an eternal requiem kept, And in the arms
of peace forever slept. --Sandys.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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