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Meanings of
requiem
in English
Portuguese
réquiem
Catalan
gori-gori
Spanish
treno
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A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
lament
dirge
threnody
coronach
Portuguese
réquiem
Synonyms
Examples for "
lament
"
lament
dirge
threnody
coronach
Examples for "
lament
"
1
Sir, -Many sincere Christians
lament
alcohol being sold today, Good Friday.
2
Advocates of hybrid technology often
lament
the high cost of the cars.
3
Bowman was left to
lament
a missed opportunity, but not for long.
4
The next is the
lament
of the mother over her dead son:
5
No need to
lament
a scarcity that's in your hands to change.
1
But changing the painful
dirge
that is our national anthem would help.
2
Since then we have often heard the death
dirge
sung in Montenegro.
3
Having intoned the two lines the flock took up the doleful
dirge
.
4
Another change of frequencies brought orchestral music into the room-a funeral
dirge
.
5
They were a paean of passion, but the
dirge
of its denial.
1
The letter to his wife after he reached Washington was a
threnody
.
2
Stern advanced the spark and now the screw sang a louder, higher
threnody
.
3
It is the difference between an inchoate wail and a
threnody
.
4
Not the least touching is Luigi's own
threnody
,
which starts upon this note:-
5
Poliziano poured forth his sorrow in a Latin
threnody
of touching and simple beauty.
1
A chorus of singing tars must create uncommon emotion, chanting this
coronach
of the storm.
2
There shall never be
coronach
cried, or dirge played, for thee or thy bloody wolf-burd.
3
But when they fell there was none to sing their
coronach
or wail the death-wail over them.
4
In a few minutes they arrived at a thatched building; from which, to their surprise, issued the wailing strains of the
coronach
.
5
Then rose the last
coronach
of his own people, hiding in wild glens, starving in corries, or going hopelessly to the death.
Usage of
requiem
in English
1
The
requiem
mass is being held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
2
He was deeply moved by the occasion; his address was a
requiem
.
3
And the white-barred river near it sings a
requiem
all the while.
4
They flashed beams vertically at the ceiling; a signal, or a
requiem
.
5
The ringing in the coffin is the new
requiem
...
No one answers.'
6
On December 8th the Second
requiem
was sung from the quartette books.
7
The black water of Saguenay was its pall, the storm its
requiem
.
8
Hundreds turned out, packing St Patrick's Church for the teenager's
requiem
Mass.
9
As I looked around, the organist finished one
requiem
and began another.
10
But this is no
requiem
for the death of the genre's innocence.
11
I chant thy
requiem
,
and prophets, poets, and seers shall rise again!
12
Another election, another
requiem
for the end of civil war politics.
13
Mr Chambers will be buried today after
requiem
Mass at noon in Newport.
14
The other side bears the name and dates and the
requiem
:
15
There was a
requiem
service in the morning and the evening.
16
The storm had died away, sighing its own
requiem
in the misty tree-tops.
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requiem
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
solemn requiem
own requiem
sing a requiem
mournful requiem
follow requiem
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Translations for
requiem
Portuguese
réquiem
pranto
Catalan
gori-gori
cant fúnebre
plany
absolta
rèquiem
Spanish
treno
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