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me⋅mo⋅ri⋅al

[muh-mawr-ee-uhl, -mohr-]
–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


me⋅mo⋅ri⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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.

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.]

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.
Language Translation for : memorial
Spanish: monumento conmemorativo,
German: das Denkmal,
Japanese: 記念碑

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.
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