Requiem – A Christian ceremony at which people honour and pray to a dead person

To remember the definition of the word requiem, use the following mnemonic:

So wrecked were all of them (requiem) that a priest even prayed over them thinking they were dead.

Examples of requiem in a sentence

There won't be a requiem for him, I don't think anyone liked him.

She tried to compose a requiem befitting of her best friend who had passed away.

The whole town turned up for her requiem.