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adjective
1.
serving to commemorate: a commemorative monument; a commemorative dinner.
2.
(of a coin, medal, or postage stamp) issued to commemorate a historical event, to honor the memory of a personage, etc.
noun
3.
anything that commemorates.
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| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
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commemorative
1610s, from commemorate + -ive. As a noun meaning "means of commemoration" it is recorded from 1630s; short for "commemorative postage stamp" is 20c.
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