requiem
/REK-wee-um/nouna musical composition or ceremony for the dead
“The choir rehearsed the requiem for the state funeral.”
- Synonyms
- dirge, elegy, memorial
- Root
- quies- (quiet)
- Memory hook
- requies (rest): music for the dead's rest.
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