requiemnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈrek.wi.əm/us/ˈrek.wi.əm/a mass (= a Christian ceremony) at which people honour and pray for a dead person:
a requiem mass
a piece of music written for this ceremony:
Mozart's/Verdi's Requiem
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Remembering people who have died
- bereaved
- epitaph
- grief
- grieve
- grieving
- in memory of sb idiom
- keen
- lament
- memorial
- Memorial Day
- memory
- mourn
- mournful
- mourning
- obituary
- Remembrance Day
- rest
- rest in peace idiom
- rip
- shrine
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