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单词 in memoriam
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in memoriam

[ in muh-mawr-ee-uhm, -mohr- ]
/ ɪn məˈmɔr i əm, -ˈmoʊr- /

adverb, preposition

in memory (of); to the memory (of); as a memorial (to): used on gravestones, in obituaries, etc. Abbreviation: in mem.

Origin of in memoriam

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1840–50

Words nearby in memoriam

inly, inlying, inmate, in medias res, in mem., in memoriam, in memory of, inmesh, in-migrant, in-migrate, in mind
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British Dictionary definitions for in memoriam

in memoriam
/ (ɪn mɪˈmɔːrɪəm) /

in memory of; as a memorial to: used in obituaries, epitaphs, etc

Word Origin for in memoriam

Latin
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Cultural definitions for in memoriam

in memoriam
[ (in muh-mawr-ee-uhm) ]

A Latin phrase meaning “in memory of.” This phrase often precedes a name in obituaries and on tombstones.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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