What is the full form of RIP

What is the full form of RIP

RIP: Rest In Peace

RIP stand for Rest in pace or (in Latin) requiescat in pace, often used in epitaphs.

The phrase dormit in pace (English: “he sleeps in peace”) was found in the catacombs of the early Christians and indicated that “they died in the peace of the Church, that is, united in Christ.”

The phrase was first found on tombstones some time before the fifth century. It became ubiquitous on the tombs of Christians in the 18th century, and for High Church Anglicans, Methodists, as well as Roman Catholics in particular, it was a prayerful request that their soul should find peace in the afterlife.

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