Definitions for memorial

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memorial me·mo·ri·al

Spelling: [muh-mawr-ee-uh l, -mohr-]

IPA: /məˈmɔr i əl, -ˈmoʊr-/

Memorial is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 273 anagrams from letters in memorial (aeilmmor).

Definitions for memorial

noun

1. something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
2. a written statement of facts presented to a sovereign, a legislative body, etc., as the ground of, or expressed in the form of, a petition or remonstrance.

adjective

1. preserving the memory of a person or thing; commemorative:
2. of or relating to the memory.

Origin of memorial

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin memoriāle, noun use of neuter of Latin memoriālis for or containing memoranda. See memory, -al¹

Examples for memorial

The memorial of this excellent woman is short, but replete with instruction.

He was the first American writer who was honored by a memorial in Westminster Abbey.

Like Elizabeth, her "memorial" is short, but it does not "perish with her."

Down below, the cops had closed off the two memorial pools that mark the footprints of the towers that once stood there.

A memorial service will be held in Latina Friday, November 28th, 2014.

And if you want proof of what the country is really all about, just walk through the National September 11 memorial Museum.

The memorial service is one thing England still knows how to do far better than any other nation.

Nelson soon assured the Austrian commander that this was not the object of his memorial.

Will and Kate will start with a visit to the 9/11 memorial downtown, and end with a monster fundraiser at the Met.

I forced the shirt on him, however, as a sort of memorial of me.