requiem

/ˈrɛkwiəm/
noun
  1. A musical composition or religious service for the dead, especially in the Roman Catholic Church.
    • A requiem was held in the cathedral for the victims of the disaster.
    • The composer wrote a requiem to honor his late father.
    • The choir performed Mozart's Requiem at the memorial service.
  2. A piece of music expressing sorrow or mourning for someone who has died.
    • The orchestra played a haunting requiem for the fallen soldiers.
    • She listened to a requiem as she remembered her grandmother.
    • The album ends with a quiet requiem for a lost friend.
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