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Requiem

A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.

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Keen 76% connected

Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.

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Mass 76% connected

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

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Song 76% connected

That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc.

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Vocal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.

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Coronach 92% connected

See Coranach.

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Dirge 92% connected

A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.

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Lament 92% connected

To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

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Threnody 92% connected

A song of lamentation; a threnode.

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Count noun · 85% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Counting noun · 85% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Enumeration noun · 85% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Numeration noun · 85% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Reckoning noun · 85% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Tally noun · 85% connection

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours"

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Accessory adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjective adjective · 78% connection

relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law"

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Adjunct adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Adjuvant adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Ancillary adjective · 78% connection

furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to…

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Appurtenant adjective · 78% connection

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Auxiliary verb noun · 78% connection

a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with

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Causal factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Co-ordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Common noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that denotes any or all members of a class

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Coordinator noun · 78% connection

someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously

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Count noun noun · 78% connection

a noun that forms plurals

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A cappella unknown · 78% connection

In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a cape…

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Alto noun · 78% connection

Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, be…

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Anagogical adjective · 78% connection

Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saint…

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Animism noun · 78% connection

The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended se…

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Anniversary noun · 78% connection

The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mass, said, sung, repose, departed.
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Anubis noun · 78% connection

An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox.

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Arise verb · 78% connection

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to as…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mass, said, sung, repose, departed.
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Choral adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony.

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Existence noun · 78% connection

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the…

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Faculty noun · 78% connection

Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or ca…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mass, said, sung, repose, departed.
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Ghost noun · 78% connection

The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.

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Gloria noun · 78% connection

A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholi…

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