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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A prayer for the repose of the souls of the dead.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A prayer for the peaceful repose of the soul of a dead person

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person

Etymologies

  1. First word of the Latin phrase requiēscat in pāce ("may he/she rest in peace"). The Latin word requiēscat means "he may rest" and is a form of the Latin verb requiēscō ("I rest, I repose"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin, third person sing. present subjunctive of requiēscere, to rest : re-, re- + quiēscere, to rest; see kweiə- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. prayer
  1. petition
  1. orison

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  1. spor
  2. provisor
  3. mandatum
  4. rupt
  1. mutatur
  2. rispose
  3. pse
  4. cantor
  1. adspectu
  2. nominem
  3. ignorare
  4. uteretur
  1. inimicum
  2. civitatem
  3. homines
  4. meum
  1. milia
  2. fidelitatem
  3. vendere
  4. templa
  1. fluctus
  2. episcopum
  3. missa
  4. loquitur

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  1. RIP
  1. RI

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