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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requiescat/#m1)

2) The short form RIP, now read as «rest in peace», comes from it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requiescat/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requiescat/#x1)
- RIP stands for «requiescat in pace». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requiescat/#x2)
- The priest said «requiescat in pace» at the funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requiescat/#x3)
- Requiescat is Latin for «may he rest». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requiescat/#x4)
- On the gravestone it said: RIP. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requiescat/#x5)
- People write RIP when someone dies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requiescat/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «requiescat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/requiescat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.