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requiescat

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A prayer for the repose of the souls of the dead.

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  • noun A prayer for the peaceful repose of the soul of a dead person

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  • noun a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin requiēscat, third person sing. present subjunctive of requiēscere, to rest : re-, re- + quiēscere, to rest; see kweiə- in Indo-European roots.]

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First word of the Latin phrase requiēscat in pāce ("may he/she rest in peace"). The Latin word requiēscat means "he may rest" and is a form of the Latin verb requiēscō ("I rest, I repose").

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hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. orison
  2. petition
  3. prayer

same context (24)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. adspectu
  2. cantor
  3. civitatem
  4. episcopum
  5. fidelitatem
  6. fluctus
  7. homines
  8. ignorare
  9. inimicum
  10. loquitur
  11. mandatum
  12. meum
  13. milia
  14. missa
  15. mutatur
  16. nominem
  17. provisor
  18. pse
  19. rispose
  20. rupt
  21. spor
  22. templa
  23. uteretur
  24. vendere

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  • artoparts commented on the word requiescat

    This is the R in RIP.

    January 6, 2009