requiem

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

re·quiem [requiem requiems] BrE [ˈrekwiəm] NAmE [ˈrekwiəm] BrE [ˈrekwiem] NAmE [ˈrekwiem] (also ˌrequiem ˈmass) noun
1. a Christian ceremony for a person who has recently died, at which people say prayers for his or her soul
2. a piece of music for this ceremony

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Latin (first word of the Mass), accusative of requies ‘rest’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Requiem, dirge, coronach, lament, threnody