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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
memorial
I.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a memorial fund (=for remembering the life of someone who has died)
▪ The work is being paid for out of the memorial fund launched after Morris’s death.
Memorial Day
war memorial
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
service
▪ The Arnhem veteran had come from Salisbury for a memorial service.
▪ There were one hundred and fifty mourners at Doris's memorial service when Lee Lacey claimed to receive the messages from her.
▪ On Wednesday last week five mortars landed a few hundred metres from where 350 people attended a Holocaust memorial service.
▪ Together with the family, directors establish the location, dates, and times of wakes, memorial services, and burials.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Eliot was asked to give the first Yeats memorial lecture in Dublin in 1940.
▪ He met Saleh after a memorial ceremony for former president Francois Mitterand.
▪ Jackson Memorial Hospital
▪ The memorial service was attended by the greatest names in Hollywood.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And the next book, article, theatre programme and, one day, I guess, memorial celebration.
▪ Camusfearna was demolished after he left, a single memorial stone marking the site; the otters come no more.
▪ People fall all over each other to help light memorial candles, to organize funerals.
▪ Together with the family, directors establish the location, dates, and times of wakes, memorial services, and burials.
▪ Unless he changes his mind, there may be more holocausts to remember on the Holocaust memorial days to come.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
permanent
▪ It will stand as a permanent memorial to the man whose generosity has so benefited the Theatre Collection.
▪ It's too early to discuss a permanent memorial, she said.
▪ Now the people of the town have honoured his bravery by erecting a permanent memorial.
■ NOUN
service
▪ A motorcade through downtown Moon Beach, a twenty-one-gun salute, a memorial service in the cathedral.
▪ A memorial service will be held later this month.
▪ After yesterday's memorial service, cremation took place at Colwyn Bay.
▪ Yesterday's statement said the funeral would be private and a memorial service would be held later.
▪ This afternoon I am going to a memorial service for a woman who devoted her whole life to caring for others.
stone
▪ The site is now marked by a Mull granite memorial stone, erected through the efforts of the Eric Liddell Foundation.
▪ A memorial stone has been unveiled to commemorate their bravery.
▪ Black day A funeral home was throwing open its doors today with guided tours around the coffins, memorial stones and hearses.
▪ He was buried in St Peter's church, Thurston, where there is a memorial stone.
▪ Louise wished to visit Dorothy's grave, where the memorial stone was now in place.
war
▪ It had been commissioned by students and was situated near the official war memorial on Hewitt Plaza.
▪ We had staked out the war memorial where the secret meeting was destined to occur.
▪ A Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament banner was unfurled and carried round the war memorial before one of those carrying it was arrested.
▪ The village band, all discordant trumpetings and squeaks, led the congregation in procession to the war memorial.
▪ In 1918 he chaired a war memorials committee and organized nationwide pyrotechnic displays in celebration of the armistice.
▪ For many years his family thought he was dead, and his name was only recently removed from the village war memorial.
▪ Charles and Diana did not speak as they climbed into their limousine to drive to the war memorial.
▪ The heavy plaque was stolen from the war memorial in King's Gardens, Bootle, four weeks ago.
■ VERB
build
▪ If it makes up for it, he has built his own unforgettable memorial.
▪ Congress gave the go-ahead in 1993 to build the Air Force memorial.
erect
▪ The black sanctuaries are burning even as the South erects memorials to the sorry chapters in its history.
▪ Many cities have erected similar memorials.
▪ In 1791 Sir Richard erected a memorial to his parents at Skelton church, near York.
▪ In 1891, an obelisk of Aberdeen granite was erected as a memorial in place of the headstone.
▪ Now the people of the town have honoured his bravery by erecting a permanent memorial.
hold
▪ And Oriel College will hold its a own memorial service ... after the funeral ... expected to go ahead early next week.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It's too early to discuss a permanent memorial, she said.
▪ It had been commissioned by students and was situated near the official war memorial on Hewitt Plaza.
▪ One of her best-known works is a marble memorial to Bishop Prideaux which is in Worcester cathedral.
▪ Removing personal memorials, or even mowing around them, can be trying for highway crews.
▪ The memorial at the bomb site featured mournful bagpipes played Amazing Grace after Marine Capt.
▪ There are no plans for a memorial at Daytona International Speedway, where Earnhardt died.
▪ There is a memorial to nine of those who perished-the guards.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Memorial

Memorial \Me*mo"ri*al\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]morial.]

  1. Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.
    --Macaulay.

    Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself.
    --Hooker.

  2. A memorandum; a record. [Obs. or R.]
    --Hayward.

  3. A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often accompanied with a petition.

  4. Memory; remembrance. [Obs.]

    Precious is the memorial of the just.
    --Evelyn.

  5. (Diplomacy) A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.

Memorial

Memorial \Me*mo"ri*al\, a. [F. m['e]morial, L. memorialis, fr. memoria. See Memory.]

  1. Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

    There high in air, memorial of my name, Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
    --Pope.

  2. Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.

  3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

    This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.
    --Skeat.

    Memorial Day. See Memorial Day in the vocabulary. Also called {Decoration Day}. [U.S.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
memorial

late 14c., "memorable, excellent; remembered, committed to memory," from Old French memorial "mindful of, remembering," from Latin memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (see memory).

memorial

late 14c., "fame, renown, reputation," also "commemorative gesture, monument, or rite;" in general, "something by which the memory of a person, thing, or event is preserved," from Old French memorial "record, report," and directly from Late Latin memoriale "a memorial," noun use of neuter of Latin memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (see memory). Meaning "memorial act, commemoration" is from mid-15c.

Wiktionary
memorial

a. 1 Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative. 2 Contained in the memory. 3 mnemonic; assisting the memory. n. 1 A structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or event 2 A service of remembrance or commemoration 3 (context legal English) a statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, ''etc''.

WordNet
memorial
  1. n. a recognition of meritorious service [syn: commemoration, remembrance]

  2. a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority

  3. a structure erected to commemorate persons or events [syn: monument]

Wikipedia
Memorial

A memorial is an object which serves as a focus for memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or art objects such as sculptures, statues or fountains, and even entire parks.

Memorial (society)

Memorial is a Russian historical and civil rights society that operates in a number of post-Soviet states. It focuses on recording and publicising the Soviet Union's totalitarian past, but also monitors human rights in Russia and other post-Soviet states.

Memorial (liturgy)

In the Roman Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, a memorial is a lower-ranked feast day in honour of a saint, the dedication of a church, or a mystery of religion.

Celebrations of feast days are distinguished according to their importance and named either as " solemnities", or "feasts", or "memorials".

Memorials are never celebrated if they occur on a solemnity, a feast, a Sunday, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, or the Octave of Easter.

Memorial (disambiguation)

A memorial is an object served as a memory of something.

Memorial may also refer to:

  • Memorial Park (disambiguation)
  • War memorial, an edifice to commemorate those who died, or were injured, in war
  • Online memorial, an internet site set up to remember a loved one who has died
Memorial (Star Trek: Voyager)

__NOTOC__ "Memorial" is the 134th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 14th episode of the sixth season.

Memorial (Nyman)

Memorial is an epic funeral march-like piece, composed by Michael Nyman around 1984-1985. This composition is one of the most praised of Nyman's works. Its first commercial recording was on the soundtrack of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and has been rerecorded on the Michael Nyman Band's The Essential Michael Nyman Band and The Composer's Cut Series Vol. II: Nyman/Greenaway Revisted. After Extra Time and The Very Best of Michael Nyman: 1990-2001 are reissues of the Essential and soundtrack versions, respectively. The work premiered on 15 June 1985.

Memorial (Distorted album)

Memorial is the debut album of the Israeli oriental death/doom metal band Distorted, released in 2006.

Memorial (Clifford Brown album)

Memorial is a 1956 jazz album by late trumpeter Clifford Brown. It was originally released on the Prestige label as PRLP 7055. It principally includes fast bop pieces, also arranged for a brass section. Ira Gitler, who was supervising session for Prestige label at the time, confessed he was greatly impressed by Brown: "When Brownie stood up and took his first solo on "Philly J J", I nearly fell off my seat in the control room. The power, range and brilliance together with the warmth and invention was something that I hadn't heard since Fats Navarro".

Memorial (The Vampire Diaries)

"Memorial" is the second episode of The Vampire Diaries's fourth season, premiering October 18, 2012 on The CW.

Memorial (Moonspell album)

Memorial is the seventh studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band, Moonspell, released on April 24, 2006 by SPV. The album is available in two versions: a standard edition and a limited 'digipack' edition with the "Atlantic" bonus track.

On January 16, 2007, Memorial was certified gold by the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa for selling over 10,000 copies in Portugal. This is the first time a Portuguese heavy metal group has received this award.

Each of the limited versions and the standard edition end with a different song, but on every version the final track ends with a 6-minute wolves-howling outro ("The Sleep of the Sea"), hence there are actually two official versions of "Best Forgotten".

Mémorial

Mémorial is the official gazette of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is published by the Central Legislation Service , an agency of the government of Luxembourg. Until the Second World War, Mémorial was published in both French and German, which were the two official languages of Luxembourg. Since the war, it has been published in only French (even though German remains an official language, and Luxembourgish has also become one).

Mémorial is subdivided into three separate publications. Although the separate publications had already been established, the current arrangement and separation of duties is dictated by the Grand Ducal decree of 9 January 1961. Under that decree, the three publications of Mémorial are:

  • Mémorial A, containing text of legislation, Grand Ducal decrees, and European Union directives. It was established by Grand Ducal decree on 22 October 1842.
  • Mémorial B, containing administrative instructions; changes in government policies not requiring a form of legislation, directive, or decree; and edicts of importance to only specific individuals or for only a very short period of time. It was established by Grand Ducal decree on 20 April 1854.
  • Mémorial C, containing personal and financial matters, including the foundation, liquidation, and restructuring of corporations. It was established by statute on 10 August 1915.
Memorial (Russian Circles album)

Memorial is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Russian Circles. The album was released on October 29, 2013 through Sargent House. Memorial was produced by Brandon Curtis ( Secret Machines, Interpol), who also produced the band's two previous albums, Empros (2011) and Geneva (2009).

Bassist Brian Cook said that Memorial is more "polarizing" between heavy and soft parts than previous efforts, and that the "heavy parts are much more blown out and exaggerated while the pretty moments are far more restrained, delicate, and atmospheric." Cook also described the album as being darker and more somber than previous efforts. Inspired by Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals, Memorial's album structure features the similarly composed intro/outro songs "Memoriam" and "Memorial" to make the album start and end in the same place.

Prior to the release of Memorial, Russian Circles released online streams of "Deficit" in August 2013, "Memorial" in September 2013 and "1777" in October 2013 to promote the album. Russian Circles' first tour in support of Memorial will be a late-2013 European tour with Chelsea Wolfe.

Usage examples of "memorial".

These being considered, the house ordered the lords of the admiralty to produce the other memorials of the same kind which they had received, that they might be laid before the congress at Soissons: then they addressed his majesty for copies of all the letters and instructions which had been sent to admiral Hosier, and those who succeeded him in the command of the West-India squadron.

But the most important step which his Prussian majesty took in his own justification, was that of publishing another memorial, specifying the conduct of the courts of Vienna and Saxony, and their dangerous designs against his person and interest, together with the original documents adduced as proofs of these sinister intentions.

It was pledged to my grandfather for two hundred crowns by a knight of Malta, who soon after perished in a sea engagement with the enemies of our faith, so that it became the property of our house, and was bequeathed to me by the old gentleman, as a memorial of his particular affection.

After supper, I drew a most affecting picture of my position, shewing that I should be in need of everything until my arrival at Rome, where I was going, I said, to fill the post of secretary of memorials, and my astonishment may be imagined when I saw the blockhead delighted at the recital of my misfortunes.

The Coochie Pembroke Memorial Challenge Trophy might achieve world-wide stature in competition or tarnish un-presented in an attic: with Malcolm it was always a toss-up.

Perhaps he saunters into a country church-yard, and there finds amongst the rank grass and moss-grown and neglected memorials of the silent multitude, one trim and well-tended monument, uninvaded by cryptogamia, free from all stain of the weather, and the surrounding grassy sward neatly mown and fenced in, it may be, with budding willow branches or a circle of clipped box.

The exertions of the opposition, however, were warmly supported by a large majority of the liverymen of London, who busied themselves in getting up memorials and remonstrances, and hence they were nothing daunted by their repeated defeats.

He and Dumbledore were now standing in what appeared to be a deserted village square, in the center of which stood an old war memorial and a few benches.

East India captains had offered as much as a hundred guineas for a single plate, in order to preserve a memorial of him, he determined that what was sold should be broken up, the arms erased, and no trace left which could show that they had ever been his.

No memorial service, send donations to the Daniel Waters KOMA memorial Scholarship Fund etcetera etcetera drek etcetera.

Laura Gaskin, of Central Adult Services in the Pack Memorial Library, furnished me with the names of those who might help in my search and provided me with numerous copies of articles about the area.

I felt grateful to Eleanore for her kindness to us, and I had resolved to leave her some memorial of me.

Hagen, the whole skull is dug up and separated from the corpse after the lapse of about a year, but only the lower jawbone is carefully kept by the nearest kinsman as a memorial of the deceased.

The other day the Mint Julep Veterans of Kentucky held a memorial day here, and Mr.

Latour-Foissac had no sooner returned to France than he published a justificatory memorial, in which he showed the impossibility of his having made a longer defence when he was in want of many objects of the first necessity.