Usually means: Mass for the dead's repose.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word requiem:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. requiem: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. requiem: Merriam-Webster
  3. requiem: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. requiem: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Requiem: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Requiem, requiem: Vocabulary.com
  7. Requiem, requiem: Wordnik
  8. requiem (mass): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. requiem: Wiktionary
  10. Requiem: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. requiem: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. Requiem: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Requiem: Dictionary.com
  14. requiem: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  16. Requiem: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. requiem: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Requiem: Rhymezone
  19. Requiem: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. requiem: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. requiem: FreeDictionary.org
  22. requiem: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. requiem: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. requiem: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Requiem: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Requiem: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Requiem: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
▸ noun:  A musical composition for such a mass.
▸ noun:  A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Rest; peace.
▸ noun:  A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.

Similar:
threnody, dirge, coronach, lament, requiem mass, requiescat, revel, obsequies, placebo, mourning, more...

Opposite:
fanfare, celebration, jubilation

Types:
dirge, lament, elegy, more...

Phrases:
requiem mass, requiem masses, requiem sharks, requiem shark, Requiem for a Dream, more...

Adjectives:
solemn, own, german, high, sad, only, mournful, great, famous, last, fitting

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Similar:
threnody, dirge, coronach, lament, requiem mass, requiescat, revel, obsequies, placebo, mourning, more...

Opposite:
fanfare, celebration, jubilation

Types:
dirge, lament, elegy, more...

Phrases:
requiem mass, requiem masses, requiem sharks, requiem shark, Requiem for a Dream, Requiem of the Rose King, Requiem for Methuselah, Music for the Requiem Mass, Requiem for a Heavyweight, War Requiem, more...

Adjectives:
solemn, own, german, high, sad, only, mournful, great, famous, last, fitting

Colors:
    black,     gray,     dark blue,     deep purple,     maroon, more...



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