memorial
adjective/məˈmɔːriəl/
/məˈmɔːriəl/
[only before noun]- created or done in order to remember somebody who has died
- a memorial statue/plaque/prize
- The memorial service will be held at a local church.
- the John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin memoriale ‘record, memory, monument’, from Latin memorialis ‘serving as a reminder’, from memoria ‘memory’.Definitions on the go
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