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noun
The act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: commemoration, memorialisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
History
Etymology tree English memorial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English memorialize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English memorialization From memorialize + -ation.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
