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requiescat

American

[rek-wee-es-kaht, -kat] / ˌrɛk wiˈɛs kɑt, -kæt /

noun

a wish or prayer for the repose of the dead.

requiescat British

/ ˌrɛkwɪˈɛskæt /

noun

a prayer for the repose of the souls of the dead

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Etymology

Origin of requiescat

1815–25; < Latin: short for requiescat in pace

Example Sentences

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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2021

I’ve always liked to think that requiescat in pace is but preface to a longer story.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2020

In the clubs and pubs the British gave him their requiescat: "He was a regular sort ... a decent fellow."

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile, other Central Americans said a requiescat of another sort last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fecisti nos ad te, Domine; et inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in te.

From Thoughts on Religion by Gore, Charles

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