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requiems

requiems is the plural of requiem.

Meaning of requiem

Noun (1)

requiem (plural requiems)

  1. A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
  2. A musical composition for such a mass.
  3. A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.
  4. (obsolete) Rest; peace.

Noun (2)

requiem (plural requiems)

  1. A large or dangerous shark, specifically, (zoology) a member of the family Carcharhinidae.
    • Any man-eater is called a requiem.1973, Patrick Buchanan, A Requiem of Sharks

Questions about requiems

What is requiems the plural of?
Requiems is the plural of requiem.

Words near requiems in the dictionary

  1. requiem
  2. requiem mass
  3. requiem masses
  4. requiem shark
  5. requiem sharks
  6. requiems
  7. requiescant in pace
  8. requiescat
  9. requiescat in pace
  10. requiescats
  11. requiesce

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Adapted from Wiktionary: requiems (page history and authors); requiem (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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