requiescat
noun
re·qui·es·cat ˌre-kwē-ˈe-ˌskät 
-ˌkat;
ˌrā-kwē-ˈe-ˌskät
: a prayer for the repose of a dead person
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic. 
Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021 Word History
Etymology
Latin, may he (or she) rest, from requiescere to rest, from re- + quiescere to be quiet, from quies
First Known Use
1772, in the meaning defined above
requiescat
noun
as in thanksgiving
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- thanksgiving
- invocation
- grace
- collect
- litany
- prayer
- orison
- vespers
- pleading
- matins
- petition
- begging
- beseeching
- evensong
- imploring
- appeal
- entreaty
- supplication
- request
- suit
- soliciting
- masticophises
- masticophisses
- mastics
- Masticura
- masticurous
- mastiff
- mastiff bat
- mastiffs
- mastig-
- Mastigamoeba
- Mastigamoebidae
- mastigia
- mastigium
- mastigo-
- mastigobranchia
- mastigobranchiae
- mastigobranchial
- mastigomycotae
- mastigomycotas
- mastigomycotinae
- mastigomycotinas
- mastigoneme
- mastigophorae
- mastigophoran
- mastigophorans