EGAVE

requiem

About 0.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
  2. noun A musical composition for such a mass.
  3. noun A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
  4. noun Rest; peace.
  5. noun A large or dangerous shark, specifically, a member of the family Carcharhinidae.

Similar words

lament dirge coronach threnody requiem mass requiescat revel obsequies placebo obsequie

Often followed by

for mass of and in was is to masses

Word family

requiems

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