requiescat

«requiescat» in Mova's school dictionary: «may he or she rest» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

interjection/noun (requiescat; Requiescat in pace, RIP) — Latin

meaning for a pupil

1) (Latin, church) Requiescat means «may he or she rest». It comes from the prayer «Requiescat in pace», «May he or she rest in peace», said for a person who has died. tree →

2) The short form RIP, now read as «rest in peace», comes from it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In church life and on old gravestones, requiescat or RIP is written for the dead; Christians believe it is a prayer that the person be at peace with God. It is Latin, not ordinary English. Phrases: requiescat in pace, RIP.

examples

• «Requiescat in pace» was carved on the old grave. tree →
• RIP stands for «requiescat in pace». tree →
• The priest said «requiescat in pace» at the funeral. tree →
• Requiescat is Latin for «may he rest». tree →
• On the gravestone it said: RIP. tree →
• People write RIP when someone dies. tree →

note

Latin, not an English word. Say rek-wee-ES-kat. Used respectfully. «RIP» is used in English today, sometimes jokingly, but on real deaths it should be respectful.

In the corpora

• «Rest in Peace», RIP, comes from the Latin «Requiescat in pace», an old Christian prayer.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «requiescat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.