requiem
pronunciation
How to pronounce requiem in British English:
UK [ˈrekwiəm]
How to pronounce requiem in American English:
US [ˈrɛkwiəm, ˈrikwi-]
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- Noun:
- a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
Word Origin
- requiem (n.)
- "mass for repose of the soul of the dead," c. 1300, from Latin requiem, accusative singular of requies "rest (after labor), repose," from re-, intensive prefix (see re-), + quies "quiet" (see quiet (adj.)). It is the first word of the Mass for the Dead in the Latin liturgy: Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine .... ["Grant them eternal rest, O Lord ...."]
Example
- 1. Howard goodall - eternal light : a requiem .
- 2. Bill clinton , a democrat , wrote the requiem for big government .
- 3. Aronofsky has shown us the dark side of the everyday before , in requiem for a dream and the wrestler .
- 4. Concert will end with a performance of verdi 's requiem .
- 5. Brahms - a german requiem : how lovely is thy dwelling place .