requiescat

[ rek-wee-es-kaht, -kat ]

noun

1. a wish or prayer for the repose of the dead.

requiescat

/ ˌrɛkwɪˈɛskæt /

noun

1. a prayer for the repose of the souls of the dead

Word History and Origins

Origin of requiescat¹

1815–25; < Latin: short for requiescat in pace

Word History and Origins

Origin of requiescat¹

Latin, from requiescat in pace may he rest in peace

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

Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.

From Los Angeles Times

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