Word of the Day 11/20/19 Memorial
Memorial (noun, adjective)
me·mo·ri·al [muh-mawr-ee-uhl, -mohr-] (previously 05-27-13)
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.
OTHER WORDS FROM MEMORIAL
me·mo·ri·al·ly, adverb
WORDS RELATED TO MEMORIAL
ceremony, tombstone, statue, remembrance, headstone, plaque, mausoleum, remembering, obelisk, shaft, relic, tablet, inscription, column, pillar, keepsake, souvenir, record, token, monolith
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Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin memoriale, noun use of neuter of Latin memorialis for or containing memoranda. See memory, -al
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me·mo·ri·al [muh-mawr-ee-uhl, -mohr-] (previously 05-27-13)
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.
OTHER WORDS FROM MEMORIAL
me·mo·ri·al·ly, adverb
WORDS RELATED TO MEMORIAL
ceremony, tombstone, statue, remembrance, headstone, plaque, mausoleum, remembering, obelisk, shaft, relic, tablet, inscription, column, pillar, keepsake, souvenir, record, token, monolith
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin memoriale, noun use of neuter of Latin memorialis for or containing memoranda. See memory, -al
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.