Definition of Requiem
a program held in the Catholic Church to remember a deceased individual or a musical composition prepared as a remembrance
Examples of Requiem in a sentence
The requiem for the deceased priest will be held this Sunday at Sacred Hearts Catholic Church.
According to the will, the composer wants the requiem he wrote to be played at his funeral.
A military band performed a requiem for the fallen soldiers.
While at the church, it was heartbreaking to observe the police officer’s widow at the requiem.
In the Catholic Church, a requiem is sometimes referred to as a “Mass for the dead.”
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