In Memoriam Definition

ĭn mə-môrē-əm
preposition
In memory of; as a memorial to. Used especially in epitaphs.
American Heritage
phrase
In memory (of): used on tombstones, in obituary notices, etc.
Webster's New World
adverb

In memory (of); as a memorial.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of In Memoriam

Noun

Singular:
in memoriam
Plural:
in memoriams

Origin of In Memoriam

  • From Latin in memoriam to the memory (of) in in, into memoriam accusative of memoria memory

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin in memoriam (“into memory”).

    From Wiktionary

In Memoriam Sentence Examples

  • In this way In Memoriam was dragged back from the very verge of destruction, and could be published, in its original anonymous form, in May 1850.

  • Contributions are made in memoriam of a loved one who has died of cancer, or in support of a family member or friend who is currently fighting the disease.

  • More general in its appeal still is the argument from the affections, which has been beautifully developed in Tennyson's In Memoriam.

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