n.
- a structure or statue established in memory of a person or event.
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as modifier]
intended to commemorate someone or something:
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a memorial service.
- chiefly historical a statement of facts, especially as the basis of a petition.
▸a written record.
Derivative
- memorialist n.
- memorialize
or memorialise v.
Etymology
ME: from late L. memoriale ‘record, memory’, from L. memorialis ‘serving as a reminder’.
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