memorialadj.n.

Brit.

/mᵻˈmɔːrɪəl/, U.S.

/məˈmɔriəl/

Forms: Middle English–1500s memoriale, Middle English–1500s memorialle, Middle English–1500s memoryal, Middle English–1500s memoryall, Middle English– memorial, 1500s memoreall, 1500s–1700s memoriall, 1600s memoriell (rare); Scottish pre-1700 memoreall, pre-1700 memorial, pre-1700 memoriale, pre-1700 memoriall, pre-1700 memorieall, pre-1700 memorriall, pre-1700 memoryal, pre-1700 memoryall, pre-1700 memoryalle.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Perhaps partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin memoriālis, memoriale; French memorial.

Etymology: < classical Latin memoriālis, adjective ( < memoria memory n. + -ālis -al suffix¹) and memoriale, use as noun of the neuter singular of the adjective (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in plural in the sense ‘records’; in the Vulgate in senses B. 1, B. 2a, and B. 4); in some senses perhaps via Middle French memorial (adjective) commemorative, remembered, relating to memory (16th cent.; 13th cent. in Old French in isolated use in sense ‘mindful’), Middle French memorial (French mémorial) (noun) reminder, something which recalls something to mind, legal document (13th cent. in Old French; in Anglo-Norman apparently only in sense ‘reminder’), memorandum book (1549). Compare also Italian memoriale (adjective) memorable, (noun) historical record, notebook (14th cent.), Spanish memorial (noun) memorandum book (15th cent.), Portuguese memorial (adjective) memorable, (noun) memorandum book, petition (16th cent.).

A. adj.

1. Preserving the memory of a person or thing; often applied to an object set up, or a festival (or the like) instituted, to commemorate an event or a person. Formerly with of.

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxiii. 24 Þe seuenþe monþe þe ferst day of þe monþe shal be to ȝow an haly day memorial [L. sabbatum memoriale] with sounynge trompys.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. 2398 (MED) Syng Sanctus Sanctus..With vois memorial.

a1500 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Stowe) 16923 Thylke Memoryal wrytyng off thy Secretys..Seynt Bernard wroot.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Mal. iii. 16 It is before him a memoriall boke [L. liber memorialis (Vetus Latina), liber monumenti (Vulgate)] written for soch as feare the Lorde.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 84 Thy maister..takes my gloue, And giues memoriall dainty kisses to it.

1672 B. Whitelocke Diary 8 Dec. (1990) 803 Wh[itelocke] preached..a memoriall sermon on the death of his Mother Carleton.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiii. 180 A memorial stone.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 412 Gifts, memorial of our friendship.

1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. iv. 536 Memorial crosses graven with inscriptions in the Northern Runes.

1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks II. iii. 59 He becomes a Puseyite, puts up a memorial window to the Baron, and reads the Tracts.

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 375 A..memorial ring in connection with the death of Nelson.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 178/2 A memorial tablet, with an inscription by Archbishop Benson, is placed in the Cathedral at Truro.

1934 G. Greene Coll. Ess. (1969) ii. iii. 176 ‘He was his own worst enemy’: the little trite memorial phrase..sounds more than usually unconvincing.

1980 Morning Star 19 May 2/4 At the memorial reunion of resistance fighters at Waginegen, I was introduced to Prince Bernhard.

1986 J. Huxley Leaves of Tulip Tree iii. 72 When Aldous died in 1963, Julian edited a small memorial volume.

†2. Of which the memory is preserved; remembered; (also) worthy to be remembered, memorable. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [adjective] > remembered

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [adjective]

memorialc1390

memoranda1400

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memorative1449

memorala1500

recordative?1551

memorizing1600

commemorative1612

commemoratory1695

commemorating1766

commemorational1880

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > fame after death > [adjective] > continuing in people's memory

of blessed (also happy, famous, etc.) memory1389

memorialc1390

the mind > mental capacity > memory > [adjective] > worthy of remembrance, memorable

memoriablea1450

rememberablec1450

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never-to-be-forgotten1586

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unforgettable1806

nameable1858

memorious1882

salient1938

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > worthy of notice > of remembering

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c1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 902) viii. 3026* (MED) His Cronique schal For evere be memorial To the loenge of that he sooþ [read dooþ].

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 3105 Wherof his name schal be blessid For evere and be memorial.

c1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 18 Polymya..that..Singest with vois memorial in the shade.

?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. dd.ii^v They made theyr dedes to be memoryall.

?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi sig. Lviij In the knowledge of Histories or memoriall things done in our time.

1633 J. Fosbroke Solomons Charitie 1 in Six Serm. The memoriall and infallible necessity of death.

1852 R. H. Horne Let. 9 June in E. Partridge Covey of Partridge (1937) 154 Those circumstances which from times immemorial (and memorial) have been the common inheritance of all poets.

3. Of or relating to memory; (sometimes) spec. intended to assist the memory, mnemonic, or done from memory.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > [adjective]

memoriala1400

memorative?c1425

recollective1647

mnemonic1825

the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > improvement of memory, mnemonics > [adjective]

mnemoneutic1652

mnemonical1661

mnemonic1672

memorial1735

anamnestic1753

mnemotechnic1839

Pelman1900

the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > image held in memory > [adjective]

memorial1774

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 120 Not oonly animal vertues..I-chaungid..also..alle memorial.

a1678 T. Hanmer Garden Bk. (1933) 23 And soe proceed to the next ranke, writing downe in your Memoriall booke the name of every flower.

1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges xxix. 222 In some Fairs they use only to note the Resconter in their Day-Books, or Memorial, or Pocket-Books, that can be blotted out again.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) Pref. 1 To apply his rational as well as memorial Faculties in Opposition to those false and unjust Reflections upon the aforesaid Reign.

1735 B. Martin (title) The Young Student's Memorial Book or Patent Library.

1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. i. xv. 131 Your Minutes or memorial Aids.

1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. p. xiv A Memorial Sketch is, a Delineation of a Harbour, or any Part of a Coast, from the Memory only.

1821 Turner's Easy Introd. Arts & Sci. (ed. 18) 299 The Memorial lines stand thus.

1834 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets (ed. 2) 43 One of the best instances of the memorial power in composition that I have found.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxvii. 532 We hear of his memorial discipline.

1888 B. H. Kennedy Rev. Lat. Primer Pref. The memorial lines on gender are placed in an appendix instead of being, as in the original Primer, included in the text.

1891 S. W. Mitchell in Cent. Mag. Dec. 287/2 The man thus imprisoned within himself recovers by effort a vast amount of memorial property presumed to have been lost.

1920 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 May 320/2 A link of material transmission..which..puts the theory of simple memorial piracy definitely out of court.

1959 F. Bowers Textual & Lit. Crit. iii. 71 A memorial lapse, but not a misreading, must be posited.

1963 Medium Ævum 32 23 It is often impossible to be sure whether scribal or memorial transmission has produced a given cluster of variants.

4. Mindful (of). rare.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [adjective] > retaining memories, mindful

mindyOE

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remindful1719

unforgetting1777

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxiii His soule to endowe he was memoryall.

1913 R. Brooke Let. July (1968) 482 Even of figures which..have hovered but dimly on the outskirts of my consciousness, I am continually and fragrantly memorial.

B. n.

†1. = memory n.

a. The perpetuated knowledge or recollection (of something); remembrance, recollection. In early use also: fame, renown; the honour or glory of God. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] > act of remembering, recollection

minOE

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anamnesis1656

membrance1827

reliving1919

the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [noun] > memorial

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mindc1300

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memoranda1400

memorativec1487

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memoira1711

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms ci. 14 Lord, in to wiþoute ende abidist stille, & þi memorial [L. memoriale] in to jeneracioun & in to jeneracioun.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1394 (MED) Uluxes..Of whom yit the memorial Abit, for whyl ther is a mouth For evere his name schal be couth.

c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) 466 Oblyvyous antiquyte Hir odyr dedys saue thies, that wryten be, Hath worn awey without memoryall.

c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 22 (MED) Te chorus glorious of apostolate, Memorial make.

a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 519 in Poems (1981) 128 For knichtlie pietie and memoriall Of fair Cresseid, ane gyrdill can he tak.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 471/2 A bare simple signe, and sette but onely to signify the memoriall of Christes passion.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. xxviii. 237 The memoriall [L. memoria] of that late..losse sustained might rather stirre them up and set an edge upon them.

1696 N. Tate & N. Brady New Version Psalms of David cxii. 6 The sweet Memorial of the Just Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3770/2 Thy Memorial will be renowned to Posterity.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) IX. 19 That man who has tears to spend at the memorial of a lost friend, but none to shed at the thoughts of a lost innocence,..has but too much cause to suspect the truth of his sorrow.

b. The faculty by which things are remembered; (a person's) memory or power of recollection. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun]

i-mindOE

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remembery1882

mnemotechnic1922

memory bank1952

the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] > of individual

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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 532 On..Which lost hath his memorial So that he can no wit withholde.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 113 Bothe mynde and memorial For-dulled wern.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 218) 577 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 350 (MED) Graunt me..to haue prented in my memoriall The remembraunce of thy woundes.

1538 J. Bale God's Promises in I. Reed Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Plays (1780) I. 39 The matters are such as..ought not to slyde from your memoryall.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 32 Quhair na myndis memoriall Can think, nor tung can tell the tryne.

a. Something by which the memory of a person, thing, or event is preserved, as a monument, a custom, or an observance.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > fame after death > [noun] > perpetuated memory

memoriala1382

memory?c1450

rememoryc1475

remembrance?c1530

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xxii. 16 Þou heewe in an heeȝ a memorial [L. memoriale] besili in a ston a tabernacle to þee.

1415 in E. F. Jacob & H. C. Johnson Reg. Henry Chichele (1937) II. 48 I..charge my sone..that if hit so be þat certein memorials, that is forto sai, a short shwrd..a bible..and a sauter..be delivered unto hym after..þe fourme of my fadir will, [etc.].

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 332 Memoryal on a grawe..in remembrawnce of a dede body.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) Prol. 4 The memorialis or the mynde placis of Seintis.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 117 These..fygures..Put in thy mynde for a memoryall.

1530 W. Tyndale Prol. Lev. in Wks. (1573) 14/1 Baptisme is our common badge, and sure earnest, and perpetual memoriall that we pertaine vnto Christ.

1611 Bible (King James) Mark xiv. 9 This also that she hath done, shall be spoken of for a memoriall of her [L. in memoriam eius] .

1648 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 202 To buy him a ring for a memoriall of me.

1705 Ld. Godolphin Let. 13 Sept. in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) I. 495 If one looks upon this house only as a memoriall, sett up for the publick upon so remarkable an occasion, hee is certainly in the right.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xii. 192 They set up a rotten Plank or a Stone for a Memorial.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. vii. 175 One thousand Pound I have given to you... However, you will receive it as a Memorial of my Friendship.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 613 The plough and the spade have not seldom turned up ghastly memorials of the slaughter.

1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks iv. i. 205 The memorials of the rule of the Pharaohs are still engraved on the rocks of Libya.

1857 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 44 Every day renders the destruction of historical memorials more complete in Europe.

1934 J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey i. 13 There I saw the memorial marking the place from which the Pilgrim Fathers first set sail.

1988 A. Lurie Truth about Lorin Jones vii. 122 This brilliant storm of light and colour was the memorial of..an erotic encounter.

b. U.S. A charitable donation made in memory of the dead.

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1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 15 Feb. 8 b1 The family suggests that those who wish may make memorials to the S. C. Heart Association.

1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. ii. 31/7 Please omit flowers. Memorials to Masonic Home, Sullivan, Ill. or Irving Park Lutheran Church, would be appreciated.

a. A record, chronicle, or memoir; (in plural) a record, often containing personal reminiscences, of the history of a person, place, or event; memoirs, observations.

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society > communication > record > written record > historical record or chronicle > [noun] > memoirs or commentary

memoriala1393

commentary1547

ricordo1617

memoirs1659

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > [noun] > types of historical narrative or work

memoriala1393

commentary1547

church story1563

church history1566

local history1615

anecdotes1649

political history1656

memoirs1659

family history1726

nobiliary1728

sacred history1853

prosopography1896

herstory1932

microhistory1969

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 563 (MED) So recorde I mi lecoun And wryte in my memorial What I to hire telle schal.

c1515 (title) The Auchinleck Chronicle: ane Schort Memoriale of the Scottis Corniklis for Addicioun [1436–61], printed from the Asloan MS.

1521 in H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge 2nd balade sig. s.iii O frutefull histore, o digne memoriall.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 362 Though of their Names in heav'nly Records now Be no memorial .

a1671 T. Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 1 A short Memorial of the northern actions in which I was engaged.

1748 H. Walpole Let. 26 May (1846) II. 228 I am a little pleased to have finished a slight memorial of it [sc. Houghton].

1843 Sir T. D. Lauder (title) Memorial of the Royal Progress in Scotland in 1842.

1872 A. J. C. Hare (title) Memorials of a Quiet Life.

1900 Dict. National Biogr. at Wordsworth, Christopher He..left interesting memorials of his tours in a ‘Diary in France’.., ‘Notes at Paris’.., and ‘A Journal of a Tour in Italy’.

1911 Catholic Encycl. XI. 749/2 Mark wrote his Gospel..at the request of the Roman Christians, who desired a written memorial of the doctrine preached to them by St. Peter and his disciples.

1925 A. C. Pigou (title) Memorials of Alfred Marshall.

1987 C. P. Christianson (title) Memorials of the book trade in medieval London: the archives at Old London Bridge.

1996 H. K. Smith Events leading up to my Death xlviii. 229 Murrow and staff in New York..produced a lavish radio memorial for Churchill's eightieth birthday.

b. A note, a memorandum. Now rare.

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society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes

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remark1788

mem.1813

c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 353 (MED) I schalle ȝeue þe..summe principles of goostly liuynge as for a memoryal the whiche hauynge alweye atte hande, þou schalte mow be sette in righte wirchynge.

1511 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1857) III. 107 Remember your lordschipe directit with me ane memoriall chargeand me to sell your vittall.

1577 J. Dee (title) General and rare memorials pertayning to the perfect arte of nauigation.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 243 Full of Notes and Memorialls of his owne Hand, especially touching Persons.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. x. 135 These Struldbruggs and I would mutually communicate our Observations and Memorials through the Course of Time.

1732 J. Swift Beasts' Confession in Wks. (1755) IV. i. 271 His promises he ne'er forgot, But took memorials on the spot.

1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1879 That Mr. Harmer drew his petitions from memorials by T.E.

1992 New Mexico PIRG Rep. Fall 5/2 The memorial instructs the task force to investigate the high cost of auto insurance.

†c. A book of memoranda; a daybook. Obsolete.

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society > communication > record > written record > daily record or journal > [noun]

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daybook1571

diary1581

diurnal1589

journal-book1603

diet-book1624

ephemerisa1631

1553 J. Peele Maner & Fourme Perfecte Reconyng i. sig. Aiij^v All these thynges..are very nedefull to be looked vnto, ouer and besides your kepyng of your three bookes, called the Memoriall, Iornall, or Quaterne.

1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Biv^v The Memorial is a booke where-in a marchaunt discriueth and writeth all his daily businesse.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo xx. 363 Vnto this they keep a Borrador or Memorial, wherein all things are first entred.

4. Chiefly Christian Church in later use. A memorial act; an act of commemoration; spec. = commemoration n. 2b. in (the) memorial of (now archaic): in commemoration of, in memory of.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [noun]

i-mindOE

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memorialization1862

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint

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Hallow-daya1825

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slava1900

the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > in memory of [phrase]

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to the memory of1653

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint > incorporating minor service

commemorationa1400

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?1471 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 355 He myght make som othyr memoriall also yn Cambrygge.

1492 Rolls of Parl. VI. 444/2 Dedes of Charite and memorialls to be doon for him.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxviii^v We..make here before thy diuine Maiestie, with these thy holy giftes, the memoryall whyche thy sonne hath wylled vs to make.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxiii^v The memorial, inuocation & intercession of saintes.

1594 L. Twyne tr. Patterne Painefull Aduentures iii. sig. C2 When the citizens perceiued the great benefites which he had bestowed vpon their citie, they erected in the marked place a monument in the memoriall of him.

1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iii. ii. 161 Silver streams Which in memorial of our victory Shall be agnominated by our name.

1605 Play Stucley in R. Simpson School of Shakspere (1878) I. 265 In memorial of this victory.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 623 To meete, and make memoriall of their deceased friends with remembrance of their vertues.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 277 The term..was a proper name bestowed in memorial of a person.

1839 R. Dawes Nix's Mate II. xviii. 200 Around her waist..she wore a broad, plaid sash, in memorial of her ancestors.

1866 J. Purchas & F. G. Lee Directorium Anglicanum (ed. 3) 355 When two holidays fall together, the service of the superior one is used, and the collect of the inferior day is said after that of the Office of the Feast as its memorial.

1874 S. W. Duffield Farewell Serm. First Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan 10 Thanks to one generous heart, the ‘fair colors’ of the walls and ceiling are also here, and will remain ‘in memorial of her’ for many years to come.

1929 E. C. Thomas Lay Folks' Hist. Liturgy ii. v. 184 The second Collect at Evening Prayer is found in the old Gelasian Sacramentary and was the Evening memorial for peace in the Sarum Use.

1997 Latin Mass Fall 63/2 If the passover of Christ is not an act of redemption, then the memorial of it..is no longer a redemptive sacrifice.

5. Technical uses.

†a. In diplomatic use: any of various informal state papers giving an account of a matter under discussion, esp. one presented by an ambassador to the state to which he or she is accredited, or by a government to one of its agents abroad. Obsolete.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > statement of position or demands

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aide-mémoire1855

penultimatum1882

1536 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. lxxvi. 182 (heading) A memorial of such articles as were..treated of between the kings highnes counsailers &..the French ambassadors.

1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 194 To gif in befoir the Quenis Grace..ane formal and sufficient roll and memorial.

1680 (title) The two memorials delivered by Mr. Sidney his majesty of Great Britains Envoy extraordinary to induce the States-general not to enter into a league defensive with the French king.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Memorial,..a Writing delivered in by a Publick Minister about some part of his Negotiation.

1701 Duke of Marlborough Let. 30 July in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) I. 10 You will see by the inclosed memoriall, that there is more apearence of warre then peace.

1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 187 A memorial presented..to the dyet of the empire, by Baron Gimmengen, electoral minister of Brunswick Lunenbourg.

1848 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (ed. 7) I. iii. 230 The king,..unable to make up his mind on the subject, had it repeatedly debated, both orally in the council, and in written memorials of no common ability.

1922 E. Satow Guide to Diplomatic Pract. (ed. 2) I. 87 A mémoire, also called memorial, memorandum or pro-memoriâ, is often a detailed statement of facts and of arguments based thereon. [Not in ed. 3, 1932.]

b. A statement of facts forming the basis of or expressed in the form of a petition or remonstrance to a person in authority, a government, etc.

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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > formal request or petition

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supplicat1660

memorial1697

placit1822

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1697 Acts & Resolves Mass. Bay VII. 556 The Said Committee being also directed to Consider..ye memorialls presented by the ministers..are of Opinion [etc.].

1713 R. Steele in Guardian 7 Aug. 1/1 A most humble Address, or Memorial, presented to her Majesty.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. iv. 257 They drew up and published a memorial, containing all their demands.

1832 H. Martineau Demerara ii. 15 They met from time to time to..draw up memorials to Government.

1900 Congress. Rec. (U.S.) 3 Jan. 638/1 A memorial of the legislature of the State of Colorado, favoring the return to the Republic of Mexico of captured cannon, flags, and banners.

1946 Newsweek 28 Jan. 23/2 A period..reserved for introduction of bills, presentation of petitions and memorials, and other matters, during which debate is barred.

1999 Church Times 23 July 10/5 The desire for broadening of outlook became apparent by the presentation of a memorial to this effect to the general committee of CMS in 1917.

c. Scots Law. A statement of facts drawn up to be submitted to the Lord Ordinary in the Court of Session preliminary to a hearing. Also: an advocate's brief.

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society > law > legal profession > [noun] > instructions or briefs

instructions1529

breviate1594

brief1631

memorial1729

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watching brief1886

docker1889

dock brief1909

amicus curiae brief1919

1729 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. (at cited word) My Lady duly entered her Appeal,..the same has been argued before your Lordships, and in Pursuance of the Appointment of Court, this Memorial is humbly offer'd.

1752 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) 462 The Lords, having taken into consideration the bad practice of giving in long memorials before advising prepared states, They from this day forward discharge the giving in any such memorials, and that short cases..be made by each party, and put into the Lords boxes.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 272 Give me the memorial, and come to me on Monday at ten.

1838 Series Orig. Portraits J. Kay II. ii. 278 It's no in your memorial (brief).

1915 J. A. Maclaren Bill Chamber Pract. iii. 52 A Note of Suspension and Interdict is appropriate..to prevent the circulation of a memorial to counsel by one of the parties to a case depending before the Court.

1960 Parl. House Bk. A58 The Auditor shall not also allow any charges for preparation of presentation of a Memorial to Counsel in connection with the Case.

d. Law. An abstract of the particulars of a deed, etc., serving for registration.

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society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [noun] > abstract used for registration

note1458

memorial1813

1813 Act 53 George III c. 141 §2 A Memorial of the Date of every such Deed..shall be enrolled in the High Court of Chancery.

1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1162/1 The registration of a deed or other document is effected by leaving it at the registry together with a memorial under the hand and seal of one of the parties to the deed.

Compounds

memorial day n. a day on which a person is commemorated, esp. one commemorating those who died in war; spec. (U.S.) (with capital initials) 30 May, or (now) the last Monday in May, set aside to commemorate those who died on active service and observed as a public holiday in many states (originally a Union holiday after the civil war of 1861–5, and in early use more usually called Decoration Day; formerly celebrated on other dates in some Southern states).

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1836 J. Keble Serm. (1848) xi. 276 There seems a propriety in reading on his memorial-day in particular the account of their common calling and adherence to Christ.

1868 (title of broadside) Memorial Day, May 30, 1868.

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous x. 228 Monday's Memorial Day... They read out the names of the fellows drowned or gone astray since last time, and they make speeches, and recite, and all.

1976 Columbus (Montana) News 3 June (Joliet Suppl.) 2/1 Although Memorial Day was originally inaugurated to honor Civil War Veterans, it became a day to decorate the graves of all American soldiers and a day in memory of all our dead.

1979 Farmington (New Mexico) Daily Times 27 May 1 a/1 Americans flocked to resorts Saturday, intent on enjoying the three-day Memorial Day weekend.

memorial park n. chiefly North American a cemetery.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun]

littenc900

charnel1377

burying-place1382

fosse?a1425

churchyard1477

golgotha1604

God's acre1605

cemetery1613

burial-place1633

dormitory1634

burying-ground1711

burial-field1743

graveyard1767

burial-ground1803

burial-yard1842

boneyard1866

Boot Hill1901

necropole1921

memorial park1927

grave-site1953

1927 Amer. Mercury May 33/2 The body is placed in a casket which is conveyed by a funeral coach to the memorial park.

1934 Amer. Speech 9 317/1 Olivet Memorial Park provides every service for Entombments, Inurnments, Interments.

1977 Times 5 Sept. 2/8 Local government obfuscation—‘memorial park’ for cemetery, ‘cremator’ for oven, ‘cremulator’ for bone-crushing machine.

1986 N. Pickard No Body (1987) p. x She adored the old, crumbling tombstones..and..loathed the new ‘memorial parks’.

memorial service n. a service to commemorate the life of a person, usually someone recently dead (distinguished from a funeral in that the body of the deceased is not present).

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the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > [noun] > religious or mass

memory?c1225

soul massc1300

minda1325

requiem1389

obit1394

minninga1400

requiem massa1529

memorial service1858

ob1890

black mass1900

1858 Atlantic Monthly June 52/1 It seems no extravagance of interpretation to read in these pictures the symbol of that memorial service which Jesus had established for his followers.

1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 406/3 Journey's End..is not a memorial service, nor, at the other extreme, is it light entertainment.

1990 Antiquaries Jrnl. 70 2 The Society arranged a memorial service which was held in our parish church of St James's, Piccadilly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	memorial
释义	memorialadj.n. Brit. /mᵻˈmɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /məˈmɔriəl/ Forms: Middle English–1500s memoriale, Middle English–1500s memorialle, Middle English–1500s memoryal, Middle English–1500s memoryall, Middle English– memorial, 1500s memoreall, 1500s–1700s memoriall, 1600s memoriell (rare); Scottish pre-1700 memoreall, pre-1700 memorial, pre-1700 memoriale, pre-1700 memoriall, pre-1700 memorieall, pre-1700 memorriall, pre-1700 memoryal, pre-1700 memoryall, pre-1700 memoryalle. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Perhaps partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin memoriālis, memoriale; French memorial. Etymology: < classical Latin memoriālis, adjective ( < memoria memory n. + -ālis -al suffix¹) and memoriale, use as noun of the neuter singular of the adjective (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in plural in the sense ‘records’; in the Vulgate in senses B. 1, B. 2a, and B. 4); in some senses perhaps via Middle French memorial (adjective) commemorative, remembered, relating to memory (16th cent.; 13th cent. in Old French in isolated use in sense ‘mindful’), Middle French memorial (French mémorial) (noun) reminder, something which recalls something to mind, legal document (13th cent. in Old French; in Anglo-Norman apparently only in sense ‘reminder’), memorandum book (1549). Compare also Italian memoriale (adjective) memorable, (noun) historical record, notebook (14th cent.), Spanish memorial (noun) memorandum book (15th cent.), Portuguese memorial (adjective) memorable, (noun) memorandum book, petition (16th cent.). A. adj. 1. Preserving the memory of a person or thing; often applied to an object set up, or a festival (or the like) instituted, to commemorate an event or a person. Formerly with of. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxiii. 24 Þe seuenþe monþe þe ferst day of þe monþe shal be to ȝow an haly day memorial [L. sabbatum memoriale] with sounynge trompys. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. 2398 (MED) Syng Sanctus Sanctus..With vois memorial. a1500 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Stowe) 16923 Thylke Memoryal wrytyng off thy Secretys..Seynt Bernard wroot. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Mal. iii. 16 It is before him a memoriall boke [L. liber memorialis (Vetus Latina), liber monumenti (Vulgate)] written for soch as feare the Lorde. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. ii. 84 Thy maister..takes my gloue, And giues memoriall dainty kisses to it. View more context for this quotation 1672 B. Whitelocke Diary 8 Dec. (1990) 803 Wh[itelocke] preached..a memoriall sermon on the death of his Mother Carleton. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiii. 180 A memorial stone. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 412 Gifts, memorial of our friendship. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. iv. 536 Memorial crosses graven with inscriptions in the Northern Runes. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks II. iii. 59 He becomes a Puseyite, puts up a memorial window to the Baron, and reads the Tracts. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 375 A..memorial ring in connection with the death of Nelson. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 178/2 A memorial tablet, with an inscription by Archbishop Benson, is placed in the Cathedral at Truro. 1934 G. Greene Coll. Ess. (1969) ii. iii. 176 ‘He was his own worst enemy’: the little trite memorial phrase..sounds more than usually unconvincing. 1980 Morning Star 19 May 2/4 At the memorial reunion of resistance fighters at Waginegen, I was introduced to Prince Bernhard. 1986 J. Huxley Leaves of Tulip Tree iii. 72 When Aldous died in 1963, Julian edited a small memorial volume. †2. Of which the memory is preserved; remembered; (also) worthy to be remembered, memorable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [adjective] > remembered mindc1225 membereda1382 memorialc1390 remembereda1522 in memory1549 unforgot1653 recollected1700 unforgotten1813 the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [adjective] memorialc1390 memoranda1400 anniversary1449 memorative1449 memorala1500 recordative?1551 memorizing1600 commemorative1612 commemoratory1695 commemorating1766 commemorational1880 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > fame after death > [adjective] > continuing in people's memory of blessed (also happy, famous, etc.) memory1389 memorialc1390 the mind > mental capacity > memory > [adjective] > worthy of remembrance, memorable memoriablea1450 rememberablec1450 well-remembered1482 memorable1483 memorial?1504 memorousa1513 never-to-be-forgotten1586 rememorablea1641 unforgettable1806 nameable1858 memorious1882 salient1938 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > worthy of notice > of remembering memoriablea1450 memorable1483 memorial?1504 memorousa1513 unforgettable1806 nameable1858 memorious1882 c1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 902) viii. 3026* (MED) His Cronique schal For evere be memorial To the loenge of that he sooþ [read dooþ]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 3105 Wherof his name schal be blessid For evere and be memorial. c1450 (c1375) G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 18 Polymya..that..Singest with vois memorial in the shade. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. dd.ii^v They made theyr dedes to be memoryall. ?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi sig. Lviij In the knowledge of Histories or memoriall things done in our time. 1633 J. Fosbroke Solomons Charitie 1 in Six Serm. The memoriall and infallible necessity of death. 1852 R. H. Horne Let. 9 June in E. Partridge Covey of Partridge (1937) 154 Those circumstances which from times immemorial (and memorial) have been the common inheritance of all poets. 3. Of or relating to memory; (sometimes) spec. intended to assist the memory, mnemonic, or done from memory. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > [adjective] memoriala1400 memorative?c1425 recollective1647 mnemonic1825 the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > improvement of memory, mnemonics > [adjective] mnemoneutic1652 mnemonical1661 mnemonic1672 memorial1735 anamnestic1753 mnemotechnic1839 Pelman1900 the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > image held in memory > [adjective] memorial1774 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 120 Not oonly animal vertues..I-chaungid..also..alle memorial. a1678 T. Hanmer Garden Bk. (1933) 23 And soe proceed to the next ranke, writing downe in your Memoriall booke the name of every flower. 1682 J. Scarlett Stile of Exchanges xxix. 222 In some Fairs they use only to note the Resconter in their Day-Books, or Memorial, or Pocket-Books, that can be blotted out again. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) Pref. 1 To apply his rational as well as memorial Faculties in Opposition to those false and unjust Reflections upon the aforesaid Reign. 1735 B. Martin (title) The Young Student's Memorial Book or Patent Library. 1745 J. Mason Treat. Self-knowl. i. xv. 131 Your Minutes or memorial Aids. 1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. p. xiv A Memorial Sketch is, a Delineation of a Harbour, or any Part of a Coast, from the Memory only. 1821 Turner's Easy Introd. Arts & Sci. (ed. 18) 299 The Memorial lines stand thus. 1834 H. N. Coleridge Introd. Greek Poets (ed. 2) 43 One of the best instances of the memorial power in composition that I have found. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxvii. 532 We hear of his memorial discipline. 1888 B. H. Kennedy Rev. Lat. Primer Pref. The memorial lines on gender are placed in an appendix instead of being, as in the original Primer, included in the text. 1891 S. W. Mitchell in Cent. Mag. Dec. 287/2 The man thus imprisoned within himself recovers by effort a vast amount of memorial property presumed to have been lost. 1920 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 May 320/2 A link of material transmission..which..puts the theory of simple memorial piracy definitely out of court. 1959 F. Bowers Textual & Lit. Crit. iii. 71 A memorial lapse, but not a misreading, must be posited. 1963 Medium Ævum 32 23 It is often impossible to be sure whether scribal or memorial transmission has produced a given cluster of variants. 4. Mindful (of). rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [adjective] > retaining memories, mindful mindyOE mindc1300 mindfula1382 mindly1435 remembrativec1449 memoriala1513 memoriousa1513 rememorant1528 rememberingc1595 unforgetful1632 remindful1719 unforgetting1777 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxiii His soule to endowe he was memoryall. 1913 R. Brooke Let. July (1968) 482 Even of figures which..have hovered but dimly on the outskirts of my consciousness, I am continually and fragrantly memorial. B. n. †1. = memory n. a. The perpetuated knowledge or recollection (of something); remembrance, recollection. In early use also: fame, renown; the honour or glory of God. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] > act of remembering, recollection minOE thoughtc1175 memorya1275 minninga1325 bethinking1340 record1340 recording1340 remembrancec1350 memoriala1382 rememberinga1382 minsing?a1400 rememorancea1438 mindingc1449 remembrancingc1449 rememorationc1449 resouvenancec1450 umbethinkingc1450 sovenance1477 memoration1562 reminiscence1589 recollecting1604 rememorating1606 recollection1633 evocation1646 recall1651 recordancy1654 anamnesis1656 membrance1827 reliving1919 the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [noun] > memorial minginga1225 memory?c1225 mindc1300 memoriala1382 memoranda1400 memorativec1487 remembrativea1500 meaning1503 monument1531 commemorative1636 memoira1711 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms ci. 14 Lord, in to wiþoute ende abidist stille, & þi memorial [L. memoriale] in to jeneracioun & in to jeneracioun. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1394 (MED) Uluxes..Of whom yit the memorial Abit, for whyl ther is a mouth For evere his name schal be couth. c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) 466 Oblyvyous antiquyte Hir odyr dedys saue thies, that wryten be, Hath worn awey without memoryall. c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 22 (MED) Te chorus glorious of apostolate, Memorial make. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 519 in Poems (1981) 128 For knichtlie pietie and memoriall Of fair Cresseid, ane gyrdill can he tak. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 471/2 A bare simple signe, and sette but onely to signify the memoriall of Christes passion. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. xxviii. 237 The memoriall [L. memoria] of that late..losse sustained might rather stirre them up and set an edge upon them. 1696 N. Tate & N. Brady New Version Psalms of David cxii. 6 The sweet Memorial of the Just Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3770/2 Thy Memorial will be renowned to Posterity. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) IX. 19 That man who has tears to spend at the memorial of a lost friend, but none to shed at the thoughts of a lost innocence,..has but too much cause to suspect the truth of his sorrow. b. The faculty by which things are remembered; (a person's) memory or power of recollection. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] i-mindOE mindc1175 imagination1340 memoriala1393 memorya1393 recordationa1398 remembrance?c1425 recollection1734 memory box1832 remembery1882 mnemotechnic1922 memory bank1952 the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] > of individual memoryc1380 memoriala1393 remembrancec1405 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 532 On..Which lost hath his memorial So that he can no wit withholde. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 113 Bothe mynde and memorial For-dulled wern. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 218) 577 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 350 (MED) Graunt me..to haue prented in my memoriall The remembraunce of thy woundes. 1538 J. Bale God's Promises in I. Reed Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Plays (1780) I. 39 The matters are such as..ought not to slyde from your memoryall. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 32 Quhair na myndis memoriall Can think, nor tung can tell the tryne. 2. a. Something by which the memory of a person, thing, or event is preserved, as a monument, a custom, or an observance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > fame after death > [noun] > perpetuated memory memoriala1382 memory?c1450 rememoryc1475 remembrance?c1530 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xxii. 16 Þou heewe in an heeȝ a memorial [L. memoriale] besili in a ston a tabernacle to þee. 1415 in E. F. Jacob & H. C. Johnson Reg. Henry Chichele (1937) II. 48 I..charge my sone..that if hit so be þat certein memorials, that is forto sai, a short shwrd..a bible..and a sauter..be delivered unto hym after..þe fourme of my fadir will, [etc.]. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 332 Memoryal on a grawe..in remembrawnce of a dede body. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) Prol. 4 The memorialis or the mynde placis of Seintis. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 117 These..fygures..Put in thy mynde for a memoryall. 1530 W. Tyndale Prol. Lev. in Wks. (1573) 14/1 Baptisme is our common badge, and sure earnest, and perpetual memoriall that we pertaine vnto Christ. 1611 Bible (King James) Mark xiv. 9 This also that she hath done, shall be spoken of for a memoriall of her [L. in memoriam eius] . View more context for this quotation 1648 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 202 To buy him a ring for a memoriall of me. 1705 Ld. Godolphin Let. 13 Sept. in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) I. 495 If one looks upon this house only as a memoriall, sett up for the publick upon so remarkable an occasion, hee is certainly in the right. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xii. 192 They set up a rotten Plank or a Stone for a Memorial. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. vii. 175 One thousand Pound I have given to you... However, you will receive it as a Memorial of my Friendship. View more context for this quotation 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 613 The plough and the spade have not seldom turned up ghastly memorials of the slaughter. 1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks iv. i. 205 The memorials of the rule of the Pharaohs are still engraved on the rocks of Libya. 1857 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 44 Every day renders the destruction of historical memorials more complete in Europe. 1934 J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey i. 13 There I saw the memorial marking the place from which the Pilgrim Fathers first set sail. 1988 A. Lurie Truth about Lorin Jones vii. 122 This brilliant storm of light and colour was the memorial of..an erotic encounter. b. U.S. A charitable donation made in memory of the dead. ΚΠ 1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 15 Feb. 8 b1 The family suggests that those who wish may make memorials to the S. C. Heart Association. 1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. ii. 31/7 Please omit flowers. Memorials to Masonic Home, Sullivan, Ill. or Irving Park Lutheran Church, would be appreciated. 3. a. A record, chronicle, or memoir; (in plural) a record, often containing personal reminiscences, of the history of a person, place, or event; memoirs, observations. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > historical record or chronicle > [noun] > memoirs or commentary memoriala1393 commentary1547 ricordo1617 memoirs1659 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > [noun] > types of historical narrative or work memoriala1393 commentary1547 church story1563 church history1566 local history1615 anecdotes1649 political history1656 memoirs1659 family history1726 nobiliary1728 sacred history1853 prosopography1896 herstory1932 microhistory1969 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 563 (MED) So recorde I mi lecoun And wryte in my memorial What I to hire telle schal. c1515 (title) The Auchinleck Chronicle: ane Schort Memoriale of the Scottis Corniklis for Addicioun [1436–61], printed from the Asloan MS. 1521 in H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge 2nd balade sig. s.iii O frutefull histore, o digne memoriall. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 362 Though of their Names in heav'nly Records now Be no memorial . View more context for this quotation a1671 T. Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 1 A short Memorial of the northern actions in which I was engaged. 1748 H. Walpole Let. 26 May (1846) II. 228 I am a little pleased to have finished a slight memorial of it [sc. Houghton]. 1843 Sir T. D. Lauder (title) Memorial of the Royal Progress in Scotland in 1842. 1872 A. J. C. Hare (title) Memorials of a Quiet Life. 1900 Dict. National Biogr. at Wordsworth, Christopher He..left interesting memorials of his tours in a ‘Diary in France’.., ‘Notes at Paris’.., and ‘A Journal of a Tour in Italy’. 1911 Catholic Encycl. XI. 749/2 Mark wrote his Gospel..at the request of the Roman Christians, who desired a written memorial of the doctrine preached to them by St. Peter and his disciples. 1925 A. C. Pigou (title) Memorials of Alfred Marshall. 1987 C. P. Christianson (title) Memorials of the book trade in medieval London: the archives at Old London Bridge. 1996 H. K. Smith Events leading up to my Death xlviii. 229 Murrow and staff in New York..produced a lavish radio memorial for Churchill's eightieth birthday. b. A note, a memorandum. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes remembrancec1380 scrow1426 memoranda1450 memorialc1450 memorandumc1490 memoir1494 ticket1528 note1548 pamphil1571 notation1587 ricordo1617 notandum1645 bulletin1651 memo1705 remark1788 mem.1813 c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 353 (MED) I schalle ȝeue þe..summe principles of goostly liuynge as for a memoryal the whiche hauynge alweye atte hande, þou schalte mow be sette in righte wirchynge. 1511 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1857) III. 107 Remember your lordschipe directit with me ane memoriall chargeand me to sell your vittall. 1577 J. Dee (title) General and rare memorials pertayning to the perfect arte of nauigation. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 243 Full of Notes and Memorialls of his owne Hand, especially touching Persons. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. x. 135 These Struldbruggs and I would mutually communicate our Observations and Memorials through the Course of Time. 1732 J. Swift Beasts' Confession in Wks. (1755) IV. i. 271 His promises he ne'er forgot, But took memorials on the spot. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1879 That Mr. Harmer drew his petitions from memorials by T.E. 1992 New Mexico PIRG Rep. Fall 5/2 The memorial instructs the task force to investigate the high cost of auto insurance. †c. A book of memoranda; a daybook. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > daily record or journal > [noun] memorial1553 journal1565 daybook1571 diary1581 diurnal1589 journal-book1603 diet-book1624 ephemerisa1631 1553 J. Peele Maner & Fourme Perfecte Reconyng i. sig. Aiij^v All these thynges..are very nedefull to be looked vnto, ouer and besides your kepyng of your three bookes, called the Memoriall, Iornall, or Quaterne. 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Biv^v The Memorial is a booke where-in a marchaunt discriueth and writeth all his daily businesse. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo xx. 363 Vnto this they keep a Borrador or Memorial, wherein all things are first entred. 4. Chiefly Christian Church in later use. A memorial act; an act of commemoration; spec. = commemoration n. 2b. in (the) memorial of (now archaic): in commemoration of, in memory of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > [noun] i-mindOE mindc1300 commemorationc1384 meaninga1400 memorial?1471 recordance1490 mind-making1496 mindfulness1530 memorizing1600 recordancy1654 memorialization1862 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint commemorationa1400 suffragesa1400 saint's daya1450 memorial?1471 feast1559 memoration1563 name day1721 fête1805 Hallow-daya1825 calendar-day1847 fête day1877 slava1900 the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > commemoration, remembrance > in memory of [phrase] (to be) in memoryc1385 in memory ofc1385 in (the) remembrance ofa1400 in (the) memorial of1605 monument1613 to the memory of1653 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint > incorporating minor service commemorationa1400 memorial1866 ?1471 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 355 He myght make som othyr memoriall also yn Cambrygge. 1492 Rolls of Parl. VI. 444/2 Dedes of Charite and memorialls to be doon for him. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxviii^v We..make here before thy diuine Maiestie, with these thy holy giftes, the memoryall whyche thy sonne hath wylled vs to make. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxiii^v The memorial, inuocation & intercession of saintes. 1594 L. Twyne tr. Patterne Painefull Aduentures iii. sig. C2 When the citizens perceiued the great benefites which he had bestowed vpon their citie, they erected in the marked place a monument in the memoriall of him. 1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iii. ii. 161 Silver streams Which in memorial of our victory Shall be agnominated by our name. 1605 Play Stucley in R. Simpson School of Shakspere (1878) I. 265 In memorial of this victory. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 623 To meete, and make memoriall of their deceased friends with remembrance of their vertues. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 277 The term..was a proper name bestowed in memorial of a person. 1839 R. Dawes Nix's Mate II. xviii. 200 Around her waist..she wore a broad, plaid sash, in memorial of her ancestors. 1866 J. Purchas & F. G. Lee Directorium Anglicanum (ed. 3) 355 When two holidays fall together, the service of the superior one is used, and the collect of the inferior day is said after that of the Office of the Feast as its memorial. 1874 S. W. Duffield Farewell Serm. First Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan 10 Thanks to one generous heart, the ‘fair colors’ of the walls and ceiling are also here, and will remain ‘in memorial of her’ for many years to come. 1929 E. C. Thomas Lay Folks' Hist. Liturgy ii. v. 184 The second Collect at Evening Prayer is found in the old Gelasian Sacramentary and was the Evening memorial for peace in the Sarum Use. 1997 Latin Mass Fall 63/2 If the passover of Christ is not an act of redemption, then the memorial of it..is no longer a redemptive sacrifice. 5. Technical uses. †a. In diplomatic use: any of various informal state papers giving an account of a matter under discussion, esp. one presented by an ambassador to the state to which he or she is accredited, or by a government to one of its agents abroad. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > statement of position or demands memorial1536 memoir1571 memorandum1650 ultimatum1731 conclusum1798 aide-mémoire1855 penultimatum1882 1536 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. lxxvi. 182 (heading) A memorial of such articles as were..treated of between the kings highnes counsailers &..the French ambassadors. 1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 194 To gif in befoir the Quenis Grace..ane formal and sufficient roll and memorial. 1680 (title) The two memorials delivered by Mr. Sidney his majesty of Great Britains Envoy extraordinary to induce the States-general not to enter into a league defensive with the French king. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Memorial,..a Writing delivered in by a Publick Minister about some part of his Negotiation. 1701 Duke of Marlborough Let. 30 July in H. L. Snyder Marlborough–Godolphin Corr. (1975) I. 10 You will see by the inclosed memoriall, that there is more apearence of warre then peace. 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 187 A memorial presented..to the dyet of the empire, by Baron Gimmengen, electoral minister of Brunswick Lunenbourg. 1848 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (ed. 7) I. iii. 230 The king,..unable to make up his mind on the subject, had it repeatedly debated, both orally in the council, and in written memorials of no common ability. 1922 E. Satow Guide to Diplomatic Pract. (ed. 2) I. 87 A mémoire, also called memorial, memorandum or pro-memoriâ, is often a detailed statement of facts and of arguments based thereon. [Not in ed. 3, 1932.] b. A statement of facts forming the basis of or expressed in the form of a petition or remonstrance to a person in authority, a government, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > formal request or petition rogation1598 supplicat1660 memorial1697 placit1822 apply1997 1697 Acts & Resolves Mass. Bay VII. 556 The Said Committee being also directed to Consider..ye memorialls presented by the ministers..are of Opinion [etc.]. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 7 Aug. 1/1 A most humble Address, or Memorial, presented to her Majesty. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. iv. 257 They drew up and published a memorial, containing all their demands. 1832 H. Martineau Demerara ii. 15 They met from time to time to..draw up memorials to Government. 1900 Congress. Rec. (U.S.) 3 Jan. 638/1 A memorial of the legislature of the State of Colorado, favoring the return to the Republic of Mexico of captured cannon, flags, and banners. 1946 Newsweek 28 Jan. 23/2 A period..reserved for introduction of bills, presentation of petitions and memorials, and other matters, during which debate is barred. 1999 Church Times 23 July 10/5 The desire for broadening of outlook became apparent by the presentation of a memorial to this effect to the general committee of CMS in 1917. c. Scots Law. A statement of facts drawn up to be submitted to the Lord Ordinary in the Court of Session preliminary to a hearing. Also: an advocate's brief. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [noun] > instructions or briefs instructions1529 breviate1594 brief1631 memorial1729 soup1856 watching brief1886 docker1889 dock brief1909 amicus curiae brief1919 1729 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. (at cited word) My Lady duly entered her Appeal,..the same has been argued before your Lordships, and in Pursuance of the Appointment of Court, this Memorial is humbly offer'd. 1752 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) 462 The Lords, having taken into consideration the bad practice of giving in long memorials before advising prepared states, They from this day forward discharge the giving in any such memorials, and that short cases..be made by each party, and put into the Lords boxes. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 272 Give me the memorial, and come to me on Monday at ten. 1838 Series Orig. Portraits J. Kay II. ii. 278 It's no in your memorial (brief). 1915 J. A. Maclaren Bill Chamber Pract. iii. 52 A Note of Suspension and Interdict is appropriate..to prevent the circulation of a memorial to counsel by one of the parties to a case depending before the Court. 1960 Parl. House Bk. A58 The Auditor shall not also allow any charges for preparation of presentation of a Memorial to Counsel in connection with the Case. d. Law. An abstract of the particulars of a deed, etc., serving for registration. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [noun] > abstract used for registration note1458 memorial1813 1813 Act 53 George III c. 141 §2 A Memorial of the Date of every such Deed..shall be enrolled in the High Court of Chancery. 1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1162/1 The registration of a deed or other document is effected by leaving it at the registry together with a memorial under the hand and seal of one of the parties to the deed. Compounds memorial day n. a day on which a person is commemorated, esp. one commemorating those who died in war; spec. (U.S.) (with capital initials) 30 May, or (now) the last Monday in May, set aside to commemorate those who died on active service and observed as a public holiday in many states (originally a Union holiday after the civil war of 1861–5, and in early use more usually called Decoration Day; formerly celebrated on other dates in some Southern states). ΚΠ 1836 J. Keble Serm. (1848) xi. 276 There seems a propriety in reading on his memorial-day in particular the account of their common calling and adherence to Christ. 1868 (title of broadside) Memorial Day, May 30, 1868. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous x. 228 Monday's Memorial Day... They read out the names of the fellows drowned or gone astray since last time, and they make speeches, and recite, and all. 1976 Columbus (Montana) News 3 June (Joliet Suppl.) 2/1 Although Memorial Day was originally inaugurated to honor Civil War Veterans, it became a day to decorate the graves of all American soldiers and a day in memory of all our dead. 1979 Farmington (New Mexico) Daily Times 27 May 1 a/1 Americans flocked to resorts Saturday, intent on enjoying the three-day Memorial Day weekend. memorial park n. chiefly North American a cemetery. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] littenc900 charnel1377 burying-place1382 fosse?a1425 churchyard1477 golgotha1604 God's acre1605 cemetery1613 burial-place1633 dormitory1634 burying-ground1711 burial-field1743 graveyard1767 burial-ground1803 burial-yard1842 boneyard1866 Boot Hill1901 necropole1921 memorial park1927 grave-site1953 1927 Amer. Mercury May 33/2 The body is placed in a casket which is conveyed by a funeral coach to the memorial park. 1934 Amer. Speech 9 317/1 Olivet Memorial Park provides every service for Entombments, Inurnments, Interments. 1977 Times 5 Sept. 2/8 Local government obfuscation—‘memorial park’ for cemetery, ‘cremator’ for oven, ‘cremulator’ for bone-crushing machine. 1986 N. Pickard No Body (1987) p. x She adored the old, crumbling tombstones..and..loathed the new ‘memorial parks’. memorial service n. a service to commemorate the life of a person, usually someone recently dead (distinguished from a funeral in that the body of the deceased is not present). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > [noun] > religious or mass memory?c1225 soul massc1300 minda1325 requiem1389 obit1394 minninga1400 requiem massa1529 memorial service1858 ob1890 black mass1900 1858 Atlantic Monthly June 52/1 It seems no extravagance of interpretation to read in these pictures the symbol of that memorial service which Jesus had established for his followers. 1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 406/3 Journey's End..is not a memorial service, nor, at the other extreme, is it light entertainment. 1990 Antiquaries Jrnl. 70 2 The Society arranged a memorial service which was held in our parish church of St James's, Piccadilly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). memorialv. Brit. /mᵻˈmɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /məˈmɔriəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: memorial n. Etymology: < memorial n. Now rare. †1. transitive. To describe (in quot. 1731: to denounce) in a memorial. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1731 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1870) IV. 614 In order to memorial the Governour to the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade & Plantations, as a Person not a friend to the Province. 2. †a. intransitive. To draw up a memorial (memorial n. 5b); to petition for. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > make a request [verb (intransitive)] > make or present a petition to put (up) a billa1387 procurea1500 move1638 pray1754 memorial1764 1764 P. Skene in N.Y. Col. Docs. (1856) VII. 615 The Hon^ble Board of Trade directed that the above lands memorialed for, should not be granted. 1821 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 242 My brother officers..expressed a wish (and even wanted to memorial) for my promotion. b. transitive. To address a memorial (memorial n. 5b) to (a person); to memorialize. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > petition > present (a petition) > to a person memorial1768 memorialize1796 1768 Sir W. Johnson in F. Chase Hist. Dartmouth Coll. (1891) I. 80 They had even the face..to memorial me, praying that the Indians might not be allowed to give up far to the north or west. 1777 T. Campbell Philos. Surv. S. Ireland xxxvi. 352 Birmingham, Sheffield and other inland towns memorial government, not to execute a scheme, so big with ruin. 1831 J. W. Doyle Let. 11 Mar. in W. J. Fitzpatrick Life, Times, & Corr. Dr. Doyle (1880) II. 440 Would not the proper mode of proceeding, in the case of the soldier, be to memorial the commander-in-chief? 1894 W. O'Brien in Daily News 25 Dec. 6/5 The tenants..meekly memorial his lordship for some consideration. †3. transitive. Law. To enter in a memorandum. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [verb (intransitive)] > enter in memorandum memorial1825 1825 Ann. Reg. 1824 i. Hist. Europe 64/2 All transfers should be null and void until so memorialled and enrolled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1382v.1731
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