memory theatre
(US memory theater)
noun
1Originally and chiefly historical, an imaginary building thought of as comprising various rooms and areas, each containing mnemonic objects and features that symbolize particular ideas, which can be visualized mentally as a systematic method of remembering those ideas.
2A building, place, or structure that holds or evokes memories.
Origin
1960s.
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- iris
- iris diaphragm
- irised
- Irish
- Irish acre
- Irish American
- Irish Articles
- Irish-Australian
- Irish Blackguard
- Irish bleach
- Irish-born
- Irish Box
- Irish breakfast
- Irish breakfast tea
- Irish bridge
- Irish bull
- Irish Celtic
- Irish coffee
- Irish confetti
- Irish cream
- Irish cream liqueur
- Irish crochet
- Irish cross
- Irish daisy