memorial

About 10.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Memory; recollection. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
3. noun A chronicle or memoir.
4. noun A note or memorandum.
5. noun A service of remembrance or commemoration.
6. noun A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
7. adjective Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.

   a memorial building

8. adjective Contained in the memory.

   a memorial possession

Similar words

remembrance commemoration monument remembering recollection memento souvenir commemorative memory commemorate

Often followed by

to of hospital day service library fund in museum

Word family

memorially memorials