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Definition of requiescat in English: requiescatnoun ˌrɛkwɪˈɛskatˌrā- A wish or prayer for the repose of a dead person. Example sentencesExamples - In case I forget to say it later, requiescat in pace.
- When I go to work each day in the Hugo Black courthouse and see the bust of that judge in the rotunda, I cannot help but say the prayer for Father Coyle that he used as the title of a poem: requiescat in pace.
- Hugh Reilly writes a piece entitled ‘May the Latin language requiescat in pace’.
- He then relates how even fifty years passes, and still no one discovers this murder, triumphantly declaring of Fortunato ‘In pace requiescat,’ ‘May he rest in peace.’
Origin Latin, from requiescat in pace (see RIP1). Definition of requiescat in US English: requiescatnounˌrā- A wish or prayer for the repose of a dead person. Example sentencesExamples - When I go to work each day in the Hugo Black courthouse and see the bust of that judge in the rotunda, I cannot help but say the prayer for Father Coyle that he used as the title of a poem: requiescat in pace.
- In case I forget to say it later, requiescat in pace.
- Hugh Reilly writes a piece entitled ‘May the Latin language requiescat in pace’.
- He then relates how even fifty years passes, and still no one discovers this murder, triumphantly declaring of Fortunato ‘In pace requiescat,’ ‘May he rest in peace.’
Origin Latin, from requiescat in pace (see RIP). |