memorial, monument
(noun) a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
memorial
(noun) a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
memorial, commemoration, remembrance
(noun) a recognition of meritorious service
Source: WordNet® 3.1
memorial (plural memorials)
(obsolete) Memory; recollection. [14th–18th c.]
Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered. [from 14th c.]
A chronicle or memoir. [from 14th c.]
(now, rare) A note or memorandum. [from 14th c.]
(chiefly, Christianity) A service of remembrance or commemoration. [from 15th c.]
(legal) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc. [from 17th c.]
memorial (comparative more memorial, superlative most memorial)
Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
Contained in the memory.
Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
Source: Wiktionary
Me*mo"ri*al, a. Etym: [F. mémorial, L. memorialis, fr. 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. Pope.
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. Skeat. Memorial Day. Same as Decoration Day. [U.S.]
Me*mo"ri*al, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
