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Requiem vs Prayer - What's the difference?

requiem | prayer |

As nouns the difference between requiem and prayer

is that requiem is a mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person while prayer is a practice of communicating with one's God.

requiem

English

(wikipedia requiem)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
  • A musical composition for such a mass.
  • A piece of music composed to honor a dead person.

    • Usage notes

    The Latin Introit, or opening prayer, for a requiem mass starts with the words: : aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. : "Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and may everlasting light shine upon them."

    Coordinate terms

    * dirge, elegy, threnody – funeral songs

    Related terms

    * requiescat

    Derived terms

    * requiem mass * requiem shark

    prayer

    English

    (wikipedia prayer)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A practice of communicating with one's God.
  • The act of praying.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer .}}
  • The specific words or methods used for praying.
  • A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.
  • A request; a petition.
    • Synonyms
    * orison, precation
    Derived terms
    * not have a prayer * prayer book * prayer meeting * friday prayer * prayer wheel

    Etymology 2

    (pray).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who prays.
    • Yep, Grandpa is a real prayer all right.