memorial
Pronunciation: /məˈmɔːɹi.əl/
The English word “memorial” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- Memory; recollection.
- Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
- A chronicle or memoir.
- A note or memorandum.
- A service of remembrance or commemoration.
- A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
adjective
- Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
- Contained in the memory.
- Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
Etymology
From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis. By surface analysis, memory + -ial.
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