requiescat in pace

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I’ve always liked to think that requiescat in pace is but preface to a longer story.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2020

The requiescat in pace was scarcely uttered, before the blessing was craved, on the baked meats.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

A careless abbreviation of requiescat in pace, attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

If you stay at the Pension Pace and wish to "requiescat in pace," you do as she says to do.

From Molly Brown's Orchard Home by Speed, Nell

R.I.P., requiescat in pace, may he rest in peace.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various