Preservative of memory; serving for commemoration: as, a memorial tablet; a memorial window in a church.
Contained in one's memory; within the memory of man: opposed to immemorial.
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That which preserves the memory of something; anything designed or adapted to serve as a reminder of a person, an event, or a fact or facts of any kind belonging to past time, as a record, a monument, an inscription, a custom, a periodical observance, etc.: as, the “Memorial of St. Helena,” a book by Las Cases; the Martyrs' Memorial at Oxford.
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In law: A short note or abstract, intended for registry, exhibiting the particulars of a deed, etc.
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In Scots law, a statement of facts bearing upon a particular point, doubtful or disputed, in order to obtain counsel's opinion upon that point; a statement of facts or points in dispute for the use or advice of counsel; a brief.
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A written representation of facts made to a legislative or other body as the ground of a petition, or a representation of facts accompanied with a petition.
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In diplomacy, one of a class of informal state papers much used in negotiations, embracing such documents as circulars sent to foreign agents, answers to the communications of ambassadors, and notes to foreign cabinets and ambassadors.
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Memory; remembrance; that which is remembered (about a person or thing).
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Eccles. See commemoration, 2 . Synonyms 1. Memorial, Monument, Memento, Souvenir, and Memorandum agree in meaning that which puts one in mind or helps one to remember; all but memorandum are especially means of keeping a revered or endeared person, place, etc., in memory. A memorandum is simply a note made in order to prevent the forgetting of something important, especially something which might easily slip from the mind Memento and souvenir differ very slightly, souvenir being a somewhat more elevated word: we give a book or a lock of hair as a memento; we prize a faded flower as a souvenir of a visit to Mount Vernon with friends now separated from us. Memorial and monument are sometimes the same: as, the Martyrs' Memorial at Oxford is essentially a monument. A monument is often a single shaft or column, as the Washington monument; a memorial may be a commemorative structure, an illuminated window, a book, etc.