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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.
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Word Origin & History
memorial
late 14c. (adj.) "preserving the memory of a person or thing," also "something by which the memory of a person, thing, or event is preserved, monument," from L.L. memoriale, noun use of neut. of L. memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (see
EXPAND memory). Noun sense of "memorial act, commemoration" is from mid-15c.
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