requiem : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: requiem	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for requiem
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
requiem n a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person Synonym(s): dirge, coronach, lament, requiem, threnody a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead a Mass celebrated for the dead
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Requiem \Re"quiem\ (r?"kw?-?m;277), n. [Acc. of L. requies rest, the first words of the Mass being [bd]Requiem* aeternam dona eis, Domine,[b8] 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.