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REQUIESCAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does requiescat mean? 

REQUIESCAT (noun)
  The noun REQUIESCAT has 1 sense:

1. a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead personplay

  Familiarity information: REQUIESCAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REQUIESCAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("requiescat" is a kind of...):

orison; petition; prayer (reverent petition to a deity)


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