Memorial
Memorial , adjective
[French mémorial, Latin memorialis, from 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.
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.
Collocations (1)
Memorial Day , See Memorial Day in the vocabulary. Also called <er>Decoration Day</er>. [United States]
Memorial , noun
[Compare French mémorial.]
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.
2.
A memorandum; a record. [Obsolete or Rare] — 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. [Obsolete]
Precious is the memorial of the just.
5.
(Diplomacy) A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.