Requiem

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A Requiem (Latin for 'rest') or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead (Latin: Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead (Latin: Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased, using a particular form of the Roman Missal. It is usually celebrated in the context of a funeral (where in some countries it is often called a Funeral Mass). Musical settings of the propers of the Requiem Mass are also called Requiems, and the term has subsequently been applied to other musical compositions associated with death, dying, and mourning, even when they lack religious or liturgical relevance. The term is also used for similar ceremonies outside the Catholic Church, especially in Evangelical-Lutheranism and Western Rite Orthodox Christianity, as well as in certain Anglican congregations of Anglo-Catholic churchmanship. A comparable service, with a wholly different ritual form and texts, exists in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic...

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