REQUIEM


Meaning of REQUIEM in English

n. 1 (Requiem) (also attrib.) chiefly RC Ch. a mass for the repose of the souls of the dead. 2 Mus. the musical setting for this.

[ ME f. accus. of L requies rest, the initial word of the mass ]

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