requiem
About 0.65 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
- noun A musical composition for such a mass.
- noun A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
- noun Rest; peace.
- 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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