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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Requiem  \Re"qui*em\  (r?"kw?-?m;277),  n.  [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.)  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  requiem 
  n  1:  a  song  or  hymn  of  mourning  composed  or  performed  as  a 
  memorial  to  a  dead  person  [syn:  {dirge},  {coronach},  {lament}, 
  {threnody}] 
  2:  a  musical  setting  for  a  Mass  celebrating  the  dead  [syn:  {Requiem}] 
  3:  a  Mass  celebrated  for  the  dead  [syn:  {Requiem}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  REQUIEM,  n.  A  mass  for  the  dead  which  the  minor  poets  assure  us  the 
  winds  sing  o'er  the  graves  of  their  favorites.  Sometimes  by  way  of 
  providing  a  varied  entertainment,  they  sing  a  dirge.




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