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Topic: CHRISTIANITY

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: requies 'rest'

requiem

 noun
     
req‧ui‧em also requiem mass [countable]
1RRC a Christian ceremony in which prayers are said for someone who has died
2APM a piece of music written for a requiem
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