Requiem

['rɛkwɪəm]

Definition

(noun.) a Mass celebrated for the dead.

(noun.) a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead.

Checked by Eugene--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.

(n.) Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person.

(n.) Rest; quiet; peace.

Editor: Samantha

Definition

n. a hymn or mass sung for the rest of the soul of the dead: a grand musical composition in honour of the dead: (obs.) rest peace.—n. Requies′cence repose.—Requiescat in pace may he (or she) rest in peace often abbreviated R.I.P.

Edited by Fred