requiem

/ˈɹɛ.kwi.əm/

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ.

minor, national, short, unfinished

VERB + REQUIEM

called, completed, composed

REQUIEM + NOUN

d, mary's

PREP.

noun

A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.

A musical composition for such a mass.

A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.

Rest; peace.

noun

A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.

Any man-eater is called a requiem.

noun — a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memori

Any man-eater is called a requiem.

Wiktionary

Franz Xaver Süssmayr, an Austrian composer, is best known for having completed Mozart's unfinished Requiem in D minor.

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Tom composed a short requiem in Mary's honor.

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Besides the thirty operas Verdi wrote a string quartet, the Manzoni Requiem, and a national hymn.

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In some senses, requiem is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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