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Definitionn. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
Last update: March 24, 2016
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The family members have arranged a requiem for Sir John. [noun]
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The grave voice began again: "Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine." [noun]
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Pallbearers, gold reins, requiem mass, firing a volley. [noun]
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I had a requiem service. [adjective]
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They had come for the requiem service. [adjective]
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REQUIEM, the name of a solemn mass for the dead (Missa pro defunctis) in the Roman Church, appointed 'to be sung on All Souls' Day, in memory of all "faithful departed," at funeral services, and at the anniversaries of the death of particular persons. [Please select]
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The missing young man's requiem was finished by the arrival of the local morning papers. [Please select]
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He was deeply moved by the occasion; his address was a requiem. [Please select]
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And the little booklet closes with Mr Stevenson's own lines: "REQUIEM." [Please select]
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-----Le Requiem des Fermiers Généraux, ou plan de révolution dans les finances. [Please select]
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_ Just returned from the Requiem Mass for the five hundred sailors and officers of _La Liberté_. [Please select]
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