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requiem (s.xiii2/4)

requiem (s.xiii2/4)

requies  
  FEW:  requies 10,282a Gdf: GdfC:  requiem 10,553c TL: requiem 8,972 DEAF:  requiem  DMF:  requiem  TLF:  requiem  OED:  requiem n.1  MED:  requiem n.  DMLBS:  requies 2784c
ls(loanword: Latin )
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The botanical/pharmacological sense, as a transference of the core sense ‘rest’, is not present in the cognate dictionaries.

s.

1eccl.liturgicalmusicrequiem, mass or prayer for the salvation of the soul of a dead person
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  L’un pur l’alme chantera, L’autre [...], Le terz a requiem bevera Ke ja l'alme repos n'avera  Lum Lais ANTS 3735
( 1347 )  q'ils chauntent une messe de requiem pour ma alme  Test Ebor i 42
( 1399; MS: s.xv1 )  la messe de requiem arraiez en pontificale, l’ercevesque d’Everwyk qui la celebra  Lett & Pet 272.199.27
( 1415 )  pour dire dirige et chaunter messe de requiem  Reg Chich ii 15
2bot.pharm.an opiate plant or somniferous preparation
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  por faire dormir si le doigne l'em requies  A-N Med i 182
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  Aprés le bayn doné[t] requiem e miclete en owel peis  A-N Med ii 175.156

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See also:

requei 
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requiem