REQUIEM

n. Catholic mass for tranquility of souls of the dead, memorial mass; music or hymns that accompany a requiem mass

The Requiem (from the Latin requiés, rest) or Requiem Mass (informally, the funeral Mass), also known formally (in Latin) as the Missa pro defunctis or Missa defunctorum, is a liturgical service of the Roman Catholic Church as well as the Anglican/ Episcopalian "High" Church and certain Lutheran Churches in the United States. There is also a requiem, with a wholly different ritual form and texts, that is observed in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches. The common theme of requiems is prayer for the salvation of the soul(s) of the departed, and it is used both at services immediately preceding a burial, and on occasions of more general remembrance.
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Noun
1. a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
(hypernym) Mass
(part-holonym) Requiem
2. a Mass celebrated for the dead
(hypernym) Mass
(part-meronym) Requiem

Noun
1. a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
(synonym) dirge, coronach, lament, threnody
(hypernym) song
(hyponym) keen

n. requiem, Catholic mass for tranquility of souls of the dead, memorial mass; music or hymns that accompany a requiem mass

n. requiem, Catholic mass for tranquility of souls of the dead, memorial mass; music or hymns that accompany a requiem mass