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MEMORIALLY

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me⋅mo⋅ri⋅al

  [muh-mawr-ee-uhl, -mohr-]
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–noun
1. something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
2. a written statement of facts presented to a sovereign, a legislative body, etc., as the ground of, or expressed in the form of, a petition or remonstrance.
–adjective
3. preserving the memory of a person or thing; commemorative: memorial services.
4. of or pertaining to the memory.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL memoriāle, n. use of neut. of L memoriālis for or containing memoranda. See memory, -al 1

Related forms:
me⋅mo⋅ri⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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me·mo·ri·al   (mə-môr'ē-əl, -mōr'-)   
n.  

  1. Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person or an event.

  2. A written statement of facts or a petition presented to a legislative body or an executive.

adj.  

  1. Serving as a remembrance of a person or an event; commemorative.

  2. Of, relating to, or being in memory.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin memoriāle, from neuter of Latin memoriālis, belonging to memory, from memoria, memory; see memory.]
me·mo'ri·al·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

memorial 
1374 (adj.) "preserving the memory of a person or thing;" 1382 (n.) "something by which the memory of a person, thing, or event is preserved, monument," from L.L. memoriale, lit. noun use of neut. of L. memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (see memory). Noun sense of "memorial act, commemoration" is from 1468.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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