Category:Requiem

Re"qui*em (r"kw-m;277), n. Etym: [acc. of l. requies rest, the first Words of the mass being "requiem aeternam dona eis, domine," give Eternal rest to them, o lord; pref. re- re + quies quiet. See quiet, N., and cf. Requin.]

1. (r.c.ch.)

Defn: a mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul. We should profane the service of the dead to sing a requiem and such Rest to her as to peace-parted souls. Shak.

2. Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased Person.

3. Rest; quiet; peace. [obs.] Else had i an eternal requiem kept, and in the arms of peace forever Slept. Sandys.