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Requiem - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Requiem : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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