memorial

Meanings

Noun

• Memory; recollection.
• Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
• A chronicle or memoir.
• A note or memorandum.
• A service of remembrance or commemoration.
• A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.

Adjective

• Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
• Contained in the memory.
• Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

Origin

• From Late Latin memoriale, neuter of memorialis.