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/məmˈɔriəl/ Listen

noun

Memorial n.

Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument. "Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself."

A memorandum; a record. (Obs. or R.)

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.

Memory; remembrance. (Obs.) "Precious is the memorial of the just."

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

adjective

Memorial adj.

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."

Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.

Mnemonic; assisting the memory. "This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH."

Memorial Day. See Memorial Day in the vocabulary. Also called Decoration Day. (U.S.)

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Etymology of 'Memorial'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Memorial" Quotes from Famous Books

... own inimitable fashion of these trying experiences. "In boyhood I had been vividly impressed with Dickens' success in reading from his own works and dreamed that some day I might follow his example. At first I read at Sunday- school entertainments and later, on special occasions such as Memorial Days and Fourth of Julys. At last I mustered up sufficient courage to read in a city theater, where, despite the conspiracy of a rainy night and a circus, I got encouragement enough to lead me to extend my efforts. And so, my native state and then the country at large were called upon to ...

— The Complete Works • James Whitcomb Riley

... The Memorial has done great good this way, whatever may be the result in the action of our wretched Government. On my soul, it is enough to make one turn into ...

— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II • Francis Darwin

... although themselves are not the persons so immediately concerned therein as we, yet the management of it, I say, is with so much grace and glory, and wisdom and efiectualness, that it is a heaven to the angels to see it. O, to enjoy the odorous scent and sweet memorial, the heart-refreshing perfumes that ascend continually from the mercy-seat to the throne where God is, and also to behold how effectual it is to the end for which it is designed, is glorious; and he that is not somewhat let into ...

— The Riches of Bunyan • Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

... the stream, we followed it up and up, meeting a varied loveliness which it would take the soul of a Wordsworth or a Ruskin to comprehend or express. To my poor faculty the splendour of the ice-crystals remains the one memorial thing. In those lonely water-courses the sun was gloriously busy, with none to praise ...

— Wilfrid Cumbermede • George MacDonald

... and richest city in all the country of Ind to this day; and therein is the habitation of Prester John that is called lord of Ind, and there dwelleth also the Patriarch of Ind who is called Thomas, in worship of St. Thomas and for an everlasting memorial. And when all things were disposed by these three Kings they went to the city of Sewill, and ...

— In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I - Christmas Tales from 'Round the World • Various

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