requiem

re-qui-em

noun

An act or token of remembrance for someone who has died.

"The poem served as a requiem for his lost youth."

noun

A mass or service for the repose of the souls of the dead.

"They held a requiem for the fallen soldiers."

noun

A musical composition performed for such a mass or service for the dead.

"Mozart's Requiem is a famous piece."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: threnody, coronach, lament, dirge