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memorial |
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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