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R.I.P.
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
= Requiescat In Pace= may he [or she] rest in peace) Abbreviation placed on tombstones and at the end of obituary notices. Of late years, it has been much used by High Church Episcopalians, in America and Great Britain.
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Entry for 'R.I.P.'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/r/rip.html. 1910.