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requiem

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Christianity, Music
req·ui·em /ˈrekwiəm, -em/ (also requiem mass) noun [countable]  1. RRCa Christian ceremony in which prayers are said for someone who has died 安魂弥撒2. APMa piece of music written for a requiem 安魂曲
Examples from the Corpus
requiemHis celebration was also a requiem.Parades and monuments and requiems were not enough.A whole range of intercessory objects was also outlawed, as were prayers to the saints, pilgrimages, and requiem masses.Naturally this order, which Halifax had in his little church, was appropriate for his requiem.This difference between the two archbishops was illustrated over the memorial requiem in York minster for Lord Halifax.No requiems should give us peace.All you need is love - the requiem for John Lennon, prophet of peace who met a similar fate.Certainly big choral / orchestral sacred works, requiems in particular, would be examples.
Origin requiem (1300-1400) Latin requies rest
req·ui·em nounChineseSyllable
Corpus in Christian a are who said someone ceremony which prayers for


requiem
requiem /ˈrekwiəm, -em/ (also ˌrequiem ˈmass) noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Latin
 Origin: requies 'rest'
1. a Christian ceremony in which prayers are said for someone who has died
2. a piece of music written for a requiem


re·quiemBrE /ˈrekwiəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrekwiəm/ 🔊BrE /ˈrekwiem/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrekwiem/ 🔊 (also ˌrequiem ˈmass) nouna Christian ceremony for a person who has recently died, at which people say prayers for his or her soul (基督教)追思弥撒,安魂弥撒a piece of music for this ceremony 安魂曲;安魂弥撒曲