3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Memorial \Me*mo"ri*al\, a. [F. m['e]morial, 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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Memorial \Me*mo"ri*al\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]morial.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
memorial
n 1: a recognition of meritorious service [syn: {commemoration},
{remembrance}]
2: a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a
petition to a an authority
3: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events [syn: {monument}]
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