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memorial definition

me·mo·rial (mə môr′ē əl)

adjective

  1. serving to help people remember some person or event; commemorative
  2. of memory

Etymology: OFr < L memorialis < memoria, memory

noun

  1. anything made or done in memory of some person or event, as a monument, trust fund, holiday, charitable donation, etc.
  2. an informal diplomatic paper
  3. a statement of facts, often with a petition that something be done, sent to a governing body, official, etc.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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