'Memorial' definitions:
Definition of 'memorial'
(from WordNet)
noun
A recognition of meritorious service [syn: memorial, commemoration, remembrance]
noun
A written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
noun
A structure erected to commemorate persons or events [syn: memorial, monument]
Definition of 'Memorial'
From: GCIDE
- Memorial \Me*mo"ri*al\, a. [F. m['e]morial, L. memorialis, fr. memoria. See Memory.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building. [1913 Webster]
- There high in air, memorial of my name, Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory. [1913 Webster]
- This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH. --Skeat. [1913 Webster]
- Memorial Day. See Memorial Day in the vocabulary. Also called {Decoration Day}. [U.S.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Memorial'
From: GCIDE
- Memorial \Me*mo"ri*al\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]morial.]
- 1. Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A memorandum; a record. [Obs. or R.] --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often accompanied with a petition. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Memory; remembrance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Precious is the memorial of the just. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Diplomacy) A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'memorial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- adventures,
- adversaria,
- aide-memoire,
- annals,
- annotation,
- arch,
- autobiography,
- barrow,
- biographical sketch,
- biography,
- boundary stone,
- brass,
- bust,
- cairn,
- case history,
- catalog,
- celebrating,
- celebrative,
- cenotaph,
- chronicle,
- chronicles,
- chronology,
- Clio,
- column,
- commemorating,
- commemoration,
- commemorative,
- confessions,
- correspondence,
- cromlech,
- cross,
- cup,
- curriculum vitae,
- cyclolith,
- diary,
- docket,
- documentation,
- dolmen,
- entry,
- experiences,
- favor,
- footnote,
- footstone,
- fortunes,
- grave,
- gravestone,
- hagiography,
- hagiology,
- headstone,
- historiography,
- history,
- hoarstone,
- inscription,
- inventory,
- item,
- jotting,
- journal,
- keepsake,
- legend,
- letters,
- life,
- life and letters,
- life story,
- list,
- marginal note,
- marginalia,
- marker,
- martyrology,
- mausoleum,
- megalith,
- memento,
- memento mori,
- memo,
- memoir,
- memoirs,
- memorabilia,
- memorandum,
- memorial arch,
- memorial column,
- memorial statue,
- memorial stone,
- memorials,
- memories,
- menhir,
- minutes,
- monolith,
- monument,
- mound,
- Muse of history,
- necrology,
- notation,
- note,
- obelisk,
- obituary,
- photobiography,
- pillar,
- pipe roll,
- plaque,
- prize,
- profile,
- pyramid,
- record,
- recording,
- register,
- registry,
- relic,
- reliquary,
- remains,
- remembrance,
- remembrancer,
- reminder,
- resume,
- ribbon,
- roll,
- rolls,
- roster,
- rostral column,
- rota,
- scholia,
- scholium,
- scroll,
- shaft,
- shrine,
- solemn,
- souvenir,
- statue,
- stela,
- stone,
- story,
- stupa,
- table,
- tablet,
- testimonial,
- theory of history,
- token,
- token of remembrance,
- tomb,
- tombstone,
- tope,
- trace,
- trophy,
- vestige
Words containing 'Memorial'
- Memorialize,
- Memorialized,
- Memorializer,
- Memorializing,
- Memories,
- Memory,
- by memory,
- memorialization,
- Memorial Day,
- Memorial rose,
- To commit to memory,
- To draw to memory,
- To refresh the memory,
- committal to memory,
- computer memory,
- core memory,
- episodic memory,
- flash memory,
- immediate memory,
- lincoln memorial,
- main memory,
- memorial park,
- memorial tablet,
- memory access,
- memory board,
- memory cache,
- memory chip,
- memory device,
- memory image,
- memory loss,
- memory picture,
- memory trace,
- motor memory,
- muscle memory,
- personal memory,
- random memory,
- read/write memory,
- reconstructive memory,
- refresh the memory,
- reproductive memory,
- screen memory,
- semantic memory,
- tape memory,
- virtual memory,
- working memory,
- computer memory unit,
- delaware memorial bridge,
- magnetic bubble memory,
- magnetic core memory,
- random access memory,
- read-only memory,
- long-term memory,
- random-access memory,
- read-only memory chip,
- short-term memory,
- compact disc read-only memory,
- erasable programmable read-only memory,
- theodore roosevelt memorial national park