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Synonyms for memorial

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : muh-mawr-ee-uh l, -mohr-
Phonetic Transcription : məˈmɔr i əl, -ˈmoʊr-

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Définition of memorial

Origin :
  • late 14c., "memorable, excellent; remembered, committed to memory," from Old French memorial "mindful of, remembering," from Latin memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (see memory).
  • adj commemorative
  • noun monument, testimonial in honor, praise
Example sentences :
  • I forced the shirt on him, however, as a sort of memorial of me.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The memorial of this excellent woman is short, but replete with instruction.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Like Elizabeth, her "memorial" is short, but it does not "perish with her."
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Nelson soon assured the Austrian commander that this was not the object of his memorial.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • He was the first American writer who was honored by a memorial in Westminster Abbey.
  • Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various
  • What—why—why, Caleb, that's—ain't that the Nickerson memorial gate?
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Thus is that memorial disposed of as a false and lying document.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Memorial services were held from one end of the country to the other.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Inside the arch is a memorial hall for recording the achievements of women.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • We have taken him to the Memorial Hospital in one of their ambulances.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers

Antonyms for memorial

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