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 ]

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