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in memoriam

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in me⋅mo⋅ri⋅am

[in muh-mawr-ee-uhm, -mohr-]
–noun
in memory (of); to the memory (of); as a memorial (to).

Origin:
1840–50; < L
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in me·mo·ri·am   (ĭn' mə-môr'ē-əm, -mōr'-)   
prep.  In memory of; as a memorial to. Used especially in epitaphs.

[From Latin in memoriam, to the memory (of) : in, in, into + memoriam, accusative of memoria, memory.]
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in memoriam [(in muh-mawr-ee-uhm)]

A Latin phrase meaning “in memory of.” This phrase often precedes a name in obituaries and on tombstones.

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