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Webster 1913 Edition
Memorial
1.
Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative;
as, a
. memorial
buildingThere high in air,
Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
memorial
of my name,Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
Pope.
2.
Contained in memory;
as, a
. memorial
possession3.
Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the
memorial
word ASH. Skeat.
Me-mo′ri-al
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
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. 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Memorial
MEMO'RIAL
,Adj.
1.
Preservative of memory. There high in air memorial of my name,
Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
2.
Contained in memory; as memorial possession.MEMO'RIAL
,Noun.
Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some of the Trinity.
1.
Any note or hint to assist the memory. Memorials written with king Edward's hand shall be the ground of this history.
2.
A written representation of facts, made to a legislative or other body as the ground of a petition, or a representation of facts accompanied with a petition.Definition 2024
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See also: mémorial
English
Noun
Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
memorial (plural memorials)
- A structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or event.
- A service of remembrance or commemoration.
- (law) a statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
Translations
structure
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service
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Adjective
memorial (comparative more memorial, superlative most memorial)
- Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
- a memorial building
- Alexander Pope
- There high in air, memorial of my name, / Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
- Contained in the memory.
- a memorial possession
- Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
- Skeat
- This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.
- Skeat
Translations
serving as a remembrance
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Crimean Tatar
Noun
memorial
Declension
Declension of memorial
| nominative | memorial |
|---|---|
| genitive | memorialnıñ |
| dative | memorialğa |
| accusative | memorialnı |
| locative | memorialda |
| ablative | memorialdan |
Adjective
memorial
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8