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A prayer or expression wishing peaceful rest for someone who has died.
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- quiet requiescat
- requiescat for the dead
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She spoke a quiet requiescat before closing the gate.
The inscription offered a requiescat for the dead without naming them.
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Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular requiescat; plural requiescats. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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