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Definitions: Requiem |
RequiemNoun1. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. 2. A musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead. 3. A Mass celebrated for the dead. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "requiem" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Satire | REQUIEM, n. A mass for the dead which the minor poets assure us the winds sing o'er the graves of their favorites. Sometimes, by way of providing a varied entertainment, they sing a dirge. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A requiem is a Roman Catholic Mass performed in commemoration of the dead. It is used as a funeral service, and is also performed as part of the liturgy of All Souls Day. Because of their belief in Purgatory, Roman Catholics believe that masses performed on behalf of the dead in Purgatory can shorten their stay there and speed them to heaven.
It derives its name from the opening words of the introit: Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. (Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and may everlasting light shine upon them.) The requiem mass differs from the ordinary mass in omitting certain joyful passages such as the alleluia, and by the addition of various hymns such as the Dies Iræ.
A requiem is also a musical composition that sets the texts and hymns used in this Roman Catholic ritual to music. Ordinarily, various texts in the Mass are changed from one day to the next according to the Church calendar; but in a requiem mass, these texts are fixed. They are dramatic in character, and as such have appealed to many composers.
Requiem is also loosely used to describe any sacred composition that sets religious texts that would be appropriate at a funeral, such as Brahms's Deutsches Requiem. Many distinguished composers have written requiems, including:
Early music
Classical period
Romantic era
Post-romantic
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Requiem."
Synonyms: RequiemSynonyms: coronach (n), dirge (n), lament (n), threnody (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lamentation | Mourning, weeds, willow, cypress, crape, deep mourning; sackcloth and ashes; lachrymatory; knell; deep death song, dirge, coronach, nenia, requiem, elegy, epicedium; threne; monody, threnody; jeremiad, jeremiade; ullalulla. |
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Crosswords: Requiem |
| English words defined with "requiem": Carcharhinidae ♦ family Carcharhinidae ♦ requiem shark ♦ Soul scot, Soul shot. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "requiem": requiem. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Requiem" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (requiem), German (requiem), Italian (requiem), Latin (amusement, break, hobby, intermission, pause, respite, rest). |
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Screenplays | A divine music bursts out over them all. A great mass of death! Requiem mass for Wolfgang Mozart, composed by his dear friend, Antonio Salieri! (Amadeus; writing credit: Peter Shaffer;) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Requiem (2001) Columbo: Requiem for a Falling Star (1973) Requiem (1972) Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem (1967) Requiem por un canalla (1966) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Grand requiem mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, Friday, January 16, for the repose of the souls of the officers and men of the Irish brigade killed in the war.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Requiem" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 82.22% of the time. "Requiem" is used about 90 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 82.22% | 74 | 38,813 |
| Noun (proper) | 12.22% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.56% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 90 | N/A |
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Expressions using "requiem": requiem mass ♦ requiem shark. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Arabic | موسيقى قداس الموتى, قداس لراحة نفس الميت, ترتيلة الموتى, صلاة لراحة الميت. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | реквием, погребална песен (coronach, dirge, lament, monody, threnode, threnody), панихида (dirge, mass for the dead, memorial service). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rekviem, zádušní mše. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | blinkhindehaj-familien (requiem sharks, sand sharks), blinkhindehajer (requiem sharks, sand sharks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | blauwe haaien (requiem sharks, sand sharks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فاتحه , نمازمیت , نمازوحشت . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sielumessu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | requiem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Seelenmesse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μνημόσυνο (commemoration, memorial), επιμνημόσυνοσ ύμνοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תפלת אשכב", אשכב" (burial), רקויאם. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rekviem (rekviem, requiem mass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | requiem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鎮魂曲歌 , 鎮魂曲 , レーニン主義 (beggar, homeless, label, labor union, lane, layer, layered cut, layered look, layman, layoff, layout, layout-system, lecture, leg guards, leggings, Leghorn, lei, Leninism, leopon, leotard, lexicon, philosophy of life, racialism, racism, rail, rain, rainbow fish, raincoat, rainy, raise, range, ranger, rape, rapier, rare, rare metal, ray, Ray-Ban, rayonne, ray-tracing, record, recorder, recording, recreation, regatta, reggae, regular, regular chain store, regular member, regulation, Regulus), 引導 (dismissal, prayer for dead). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | レクイエ , い"どう (dismissal, prayer for dead), ち"""きょくか, ち"""きょく. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fea ny merriu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | equiemray réquiem, sossego (calm, ease, peace, placing, quiet, rest, silence, time out), ofício de defuntos, missa de réstia, descanso (bracket, break, crutch, halt, landing, laystall, leisure, lounge, pillow, pillow block, placement, quiescence, quiescency, recumbence, recumbency, refreshment, relaxation, repose, respite, rest, resting, saddle, sleep, stand, time out, touch down, truce), canto fúnebre (coronach). (various references) recviem, prohod (burial, dead-office), pomenire (alms, commemoration, memorial, mention, mentioning, reference, remembrance), parastas. (various references) реквием (request). (various references) rekvijem, opelo (dead-office). (various references) réquiem. (various references) själamässa (dead-office). (various references) การสว"มนต์ส่งวิญญา"ผู้ตาย. (various references) ölülerin ruhu için dua, ölü ayini ilahisi. (various references) рекві"м. (various references) lễ cầu siêu, lễ cầu h"n. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Carcharhinidae. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 24, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh prosagaghV asebh nomh dikaiwn mhde apathqhV cortasia koiliaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ne insidieris et quaeras impietatem in domo iusti neque vastes requiem eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ne aspie thou, and seche vnpitousnesse in the hous of the riytwis, ne waste thou the reste of hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; destroy not his resting-place: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place: |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 24, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ayaw pagbanhig, Oh dautan nga tawo, batok sa puloy-anan sa matarung; Ayaw paggun-oba ang iyang dapit nga pahulayan: |
| Croatian | Ne postavljaj, opaki, zasjede stanu pravednikovu, ne èini nasilja boravištu njegovu; |
| Danish | Lur ej på den retfærdiges Bolig, du gudløse, ødelæg ikke hans Hjem; |
| Dutch | Loer niet, o goddeloze! op de woning des rechtvaardigen; verwoest zijn legerplaats niet. |
| Finnish | Älä väijy, jumalaton, vanhurskaan majaa, älä hävitä hänen leposijaansa. |
| German | Laure nicht als Gottloser auf das Haus des Gerechten; verstöre seine Ruhe nicht. |
| Hungarian | Ne leselkedjél, oh te istentelen, az igaznak háza ellen, ne pusztítsd el az õ ágyasházát! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Janganlah seperti orang jahat yang bersepakat merampok orang jujur dan merampas rumahnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hai orang fasik! jangan engkau mengintai rumah orang benar dan jangan engkau merusakkan pondoknya; |
| Italian | Non insidiare, o malvagio, la dimora del giusto, non distruggere la sua abitazione, |
| Maori | ¶ Kaua, e te tangata kino, e whanga ki te nohoanga o te tangata tika; kei tukino koe ki tona takotoranga. |
| Norwegian | Lur ikke som en ugudelig på den rettferdiges bolig, ødelegg ikke hans hjem! |
| Rumanian | Nu kntinde curse, nelegiuitule, la locuinya celui neprihqnit, wi nu -i turbura odihna. |
| Russian | оЕ ЪМПХНЩЫМСК, ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩК, ТПФЙЧ ЦЙМЙЭБ ТБЧЕ"ОЙЛБ, ОЕ П ХУФПЫБК НЕУФБ ПЛПС ЕЗП, |
| Spanish | Oh impío, no aceches la morada del justo, ni destruyas su lugar de reposo; |
| Swedish | Lura icke, du ogudaktige, på den rättfärdiges boning, öva intet våld mot hans vilostad. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "requiem": requiems. (additional references) | |
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"Requiem" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dequeen, Nequam, regiem, reqium, reqriem, requ, reque, Requena, requi, Requiao, requiat, requies, requiet, requieum, requim, requine, requiren, requiten, requium, requize, Ricquier, Riquier. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "requiem" (pronounced re"kwēum) |
| 5 | -k w ē u m | colloquium. |
| 3 | -ē u m | alluvium, ammonium, aquarium, atrium, auditorium, axiom, bacterium, barium, beryllium, cadmium, calcium, cesium, chromium, compendium, condominium, consortium, crematorium, delirium, deuterium, disequilibrium, emporium, equilibrium, europium, fermium, gallium, geranium, gonium, gymnasium, hafnium, harmonium, helium, Herbarium, holmium, honorarium, idiom, indium, iridium, lawrencium, linoleum, lithium, magnesium, medium, millennium, minium, moratorium, myocardium, nephridium, neptunium, niobium, nobelium, opium, opprobrium, osmium, palladium, pandemonium, paramecium, petroleum, planetarium, Plasmodium, plutonium, podium, polonium, potassium, premium, presidium, promethium, protium, psyllium, radium, rhodium, selenium, sodium, stadium, strontium, superpremium, symposium, tedium, tellurium, thallium, thorium, titanium, tritium, uranium, vanadium, yttrium, zirconium. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-m-q-r-u" | |
-2 letters: queer, quire. | |
-3 letters: emeu, emir, mere, mire, mure, rime. | |
-4 letters: eme, emu, ere, ire, mir, ree, rei, rem, rim, rue, rum. | |
-5 letters: em, er, me, mi, mu, re, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-m-q-r-u" | |
+1 letter: requiems. | |
+3 letters: semiquaver. | |
+4 letters: acquirement, marqueterie, marquetries, marquisette, reequipment, requirement, semiquavers. | |
+5 letters: acquirements, marqueteries, marquisettes, reequipments, requirements. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 71 75 69 65 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . --.- ..- .. . -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110001 01110101 01101001 01100101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e q u i e m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0071 0075 0069 0065 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52718387757179 |
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