requiem mass
Noun
Meaning
requiem mass (plural requiem masses)
(Christianity, music) A mass sung for the repose of the soul of a dead person
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After a requiem mass in Stuttgart 's St. Eberhard Church, his funeral procession was followed by protesters (mainly students) who wanted his former membership in the Nazi Party remembered.
A facsimile sheet of music from the Dies Irae movement of the Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626) in Mozart's own handwriting.
Beethoven was buried in a dedicated grave in the Währing cemetery, north-west of Vienna, after a requiem mass at the church of the Holy Trinity (Dreifaltigkeitskirche).
Funeral leaving her home on Saturday, Jan at 1.15 pm for Requiem Mass in St. Patrick’s Church, Crossroads, Killygordon at 2 pm.
Curtis (2011) p. 863. A Requiem Mass was held for Tracy on June 12 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in East Hollywood.
Funeral leaving his home on Saturday, February 15 at 10.30 am for Requiem Mass in the Church of Mary Immaculate, Stranorlar at 11 am.