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noun

Remembrance n.

The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. "Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage." "Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail."

The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection. "This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear."

Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.

That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. "And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord." "Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake."

Something to be remembered; counsel; admonition; instruction. (Obs.)

Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends. "Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my remembrance."

Synonyms: Recollection; reminiscence. See Memory.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Remembrance" Quotes from Famous Books

... work on the leathern pad. The old impulse of foresight for the future acted in Marzio's mind. He could never find such another workman. In the uncertainty of the moment, as often happens, details rose to his remembrance and produced their effect. He recollected the particular way in which Gianbattista used to hold the blunt chisel in first tracing over the drawing on a silver plate. He had never seen any one do it in the ...

— Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster • F. Marion Crawford

... done half so much), in spite of their poverty and obscurity, have shown themselves far more grateful. Madame Cannabich and her daughter never thanked me by one single word, much less thought of offering me some little remembrance, however trifling, merely as a proof of kindly feeling; but nothing of the sort, not even thanks, though I lost so much time in teaching the daughter, and took such pains with her. She can now perfectly well perform before any ...

— The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, V.1. • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

... quarters and be liberal to them, which will hardly come to passe. The first was a kettle, two hattchetts, and 6 knives, and a blade for a sword. The kettle was to call all nations that weare their friends to the feast which is made for the remembrance of the death; that is, they make it once in seaven years; it's a renewing of ffriendshippe. I will talke further of it in the following discours. The hattchetts weare to encourage the yong people to strengthen themselves in all places, to preserve their wives, and shew ...

— Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson • Peter Esprit Radisson

... of Aleppo! whom the Bulbul choosing Would wander from his worshiped rose of May, O'er thy fair chalice her remembrance losing, To languish 'mid thy leaves his ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 • Various

... calls to my remembrance the beginning of your discourse, where you told us we should never find the audience favourable to this kind of writing, till we could produce as good plays in Rhyme, as BEN. JOHNSON, FLETCHER, and SHAKESPEARE had ...

— An English Garner - Critical Essays & Literary Fragments • Edited by Professor Arber and Thomas Seccombe

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