requiem

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
  2. noun a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
  3. noun a Mass celebrated for the dead

Etymology

From Middle English requiem, from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs (“rest, repose”), from re- (“again”) + quiēs (“rest, quiet”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

dirge, coronach, lament, threnody

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