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Webster 1913 Edition
Memorial
1.
Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative;
as, a
. memorial
buildingThere high in air,
Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
memorial
of my name,Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
Pope.
2.
Contained in memory;
as, a
. memorial
possession3.
Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the
memorial
word ASH. Skeat.
Me-mo′ri-al
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
mémorial
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Memorial
MEMO'RIAL
,Adj.
1.
Preservative of memory. There high in air memorial of my name,
Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
2.
Contained in memory; as memorial possession.MEMO'RIAL
,Noun.
Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some of the Trinity.
1.
Any note or hint to assist the memory. Memorials written with king Edward's hand shall be the ground of this history.
2.
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.