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Memorial

Memorial Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Memorial? [n] a structure erected to commemorate persons or events [n] a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority [n] a recognition of meritorious service Synonyms \| Synonyms for Memorial: commemoration \| monument \| remembrance Related Terms \| Find terms related to Memorial: account \| adventures \| adversaria \| aide-memoire \| annals \| annotation \| arch \| autobiography \| barrow \| biographical sketch \| biography \| boundary stone \| brass \| bust \| cairn \| case history \| catalog \| celebrating \| celebrative \| cenotaph \| chronicle \| chronicles \| chronology \| Clio \| column \| commemorating \| commemoration \| commemorative \| confessions \| correspondence \| cromlech \| cross \| cup \| curriculum vitae \| cyclolith \| diary \| docket \| documentation \| dolmen \| entry \| experiences \| favor \| footnote \| footstone \| fortunes \| grave \| gravestone \| hagiography \| hagiology \| headstone \| historiography \| history \| hoarstone \| inscription \| inventory \| item \| jotting \| journal \| keepsake \| legend \| letters \| life \| life and letters \| life story \| list \| marginal note \| marginalia \| marker \| martyrology \| mausoleum \| megalith \| memento \| memento mori \| memo \| memoir \| memoirs \| memorabilia \| memorandum \| memorial arch \| memorial column \| memorial statue \| memorial stone \| memorials \| memories \| menhir \| minutes \| monolith \| monument \| mound \| Muse of history \| necrology \| notation \| note \| obelisk \| obituary \| photobiography \| pillar \| pipe roll \| plaque \| prize \| profile \| pyramid \| record \| recording \| register \| registry \| relic \| reliquary \| remains \| remembrance \| remembrancer \| reminder \| resume \| ribbon \| roll \| rolls \| roster \| rostral column \| rota \| scholia \| scholium \| scroll \| shaft \| shrine \| solemn \| souvenir \| statue \| stela \| stone \| story \| stupa \| table \| tablet \| testimonial \| theory of history \| token \| token of remembrance \| tomb \| tombstone \| tope \| trace \| trophy \| vestige See Also \| brass \| cenotaph \| construction \| content \| credit \| epitaph \| gravestone \| headstone \| Lincoln Memorial \| megalith \| megalithic structure \| memorial tablet \| message \| national monument \| pantheon \| plaque \| pyramid \| recognition \| Statue of Liberty \| structure \| subject matter \| substance \| tombstone \| triumphal arch \| Washington Monument Memorial In Webster's Dictionary \Memo"rial\, a. [F. m['e]morial, L. memorialis, fr. memoria. See {Memory}.] 1. Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building. There high in air, memorial of my name, Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame. --Pope. 2. Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession. 3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory. This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH. --Skeat. {Memorial Day}. Same as {Decoration Day}. [U.S.] \Memo"rial\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]morial.] 1. Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument. --Macaulay. Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself. --Hooker. 2. A memorandum; a record. [Obs. or R.] --Hayward. 3. A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often accompanied with a petition. 4. Memory; remembrance. [Obs.] Precious is the memorial of the just. --Evelyn. 5. (Diplomacy) A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.

Memorial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Memorial?

[n] a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
[n] a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
[n] a recognition of meritorious service

Synonyms | Synonyms for Memorial: commemoration | monument | remembrance

Memorial In Webster's Dictionary

\Me*mo"ri*al\, a. [F. m['e]morial, L. memorialis, fr.
memoria. See {Memory}.]
1. Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a
   memorial building.

         There high in air, memorial of my name, Fix the
         smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.  --Pope.

2. Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.

3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

         This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be
         expressed by the memorial word ASH.   --Skeat.

{Memorial Day}. Same as {Decoration Day}. [U.S.]


\Me*mo"ri*al\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]morial.]
1. Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or
   event; something which serves to keep something else in
   remembrance; a monument. --Macaulay.

         Churches have names; some as memorials of peace,
         some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity
         itself.                               --Hooker.

2. A memorandum; a record. [Obs. or R.] --Hayward.

3. A written representation of facts, addressed to the
   government, or to some branch of it, or to a society,
   etc., -- often accompanied with a petition.

4. Memory; remembrance. [Obs.]

         Precious is the memorial of the just. --Evelyn.

5. (Diplomacy) A species of informal state paper, much used
   in negotiation.

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