Associations to the word «Requiem»

Wiktionary

REQUIEM, noun. A mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
REQUIEM, noun. A musical composition for such a mass.
REQUIEM, noun. A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
REQUIEM SHARK, noun. Any member of the taxonomic family Carcharhinidae within the order Carcharhiniformes.
REQUIEM SHARKS, noun. Plural of requiem shark

Dictionary definition

REQUIEM, noun. A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
REQUIEM, noun. A musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead.
REQUIEM, noun. A Mass celebrated for the dead.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats