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remembrance definition

re·mem·brance (ri mem′brəns)

noun

  1. a remembering or being remembered
  2. the power to remember
  3. something remembered; memory
  4. the extent of time over which one can remember
  5. an object that serves to bring to mind or keep in mind some person, event, etc.; souvenir, gift, keepsake, memento, etc.
  6. commemoration in remembrance of the deceased
  7. greetings

Etymology: ME < OFr: see remember & -ance

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remembrance Synonyms

remembrance

n.

  1. Memory

    recall, recollection, afterthought, hindsight, retrospection, reminiscence, recognition, reconstruction, mental image; see also memory 1.

  2. An object that calls someone or something to mind

    keepsake, memento, token, reward; see gift 1, memorial, souvenir.


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remembrance Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • past: How has the nature of the ways in which various peoples have scripted their remembrances of theses pasts changed over time?

Converse of object

  • have: The writer has remembrance of him during the latter part of this period.

Adjective modifier

  • affectionate: My wife and I join in affectionate remembrances and greetings to yourself and your aunt, and in the sincere tender of our sympathies.

Modifies a noun

  • ceremony: Show slide 2 - a video clip of a remembrance ceremony, by clicking on the black rectangle.
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remembrance quotes

Then they that feared the L spake often one to another: and the L hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the L, and that thought upon his name.

-Bible (Old Testament)

   The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said,Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying,This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

-Bible (NewTestament)

The glamour Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast Down in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a child for the past.

-Lawrence, D(avid) H(erbert)

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