requiescat in pace

[ rek-wee-es-kaht in pah-che ]

idiom

, Latin.

1. rest in peace (used, especially during funeral services or on memorials, to wish peace after death upon a deceased person). hic requiescit in pace.

Example Sentences

In 2019, the Orlandi family received an anonymous letter saying Emanuela's body might be hidden among the dead in the Teutonic Cemetery just inside the Vatican walls where a statue of an angel holding a book reads "Requiescat in Pace," Latin for "Rest in Peace".

From Reuters

Bunny’s dead now, requiescat in pace, but so long as I live I will never forget a particular interlude of sadism to which he subjected me at the twins’ apartment.

From Literature

I’ve always liked to think that requiescat in pace is but preface to a longer story.

From Washington Post

“Thank you for so many incredible memories. I love you and miss you. Requiescat in pace.”

From Fox News

The Orlandi family later received an anonymous letter saying Emanuela’s body might be hidden among the dead in the Teutonic cemetery where a statue of an angel holding a book reads “Requiescat in Pace”, Latin for “rest in peace”.

From The Guardian

Related Words

• elegy
• eulogy