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memorial
noun
a
statue
,
building
,
ceremony
,
or
other
object
that
helps
people
remember
and
honor
a
person
or
event
,
especially
someone
who
has
died
•
Tourists
placed
flowers
at
the
memorial
for
the
fallen
soldiers
.
Tourists
placed
flowers
at
the
memorial
for
the
fallen
soldiers
.
•
The
town
built
a
new
memorial
to
honor
the
firefighters
who
saved
many
lives
.
The
town
built
a
new
memorial
to
honor
the
firefighters
who
saved
many
lives
.
From
Latin
memoria
‘
memory
’
plus
the
suffix-al
,
entering
English
in
the
14th
century
.
adjective
relating
to
remembering
and
honoring
a
person
or
event
,
especially
someone
who
has
died
•
A
memorial
service
will
be
held
on
Sunday
morning
.
A
memorial
service
will
be
held
on
Sunday
morning
.
•
The
charity
created
a
memorial
scholarship
in
her
name
.
The
charity
created
a
memorial
scholarship
in
her
name
.
Derived
from
the
noun
sense
,
used
adjectivally
since
the
18th
century
.
noun
a
written
statement
of
facts
,
often
presented
to
an
authority
as
a
petition
or
record
•
The
activists
submitted
a
detailed
memorial
to
the
parliament
demanding
new
safety
laws
.
The
activists
submitted
a
detailed
memorial
to
the
parliament
demanding
new
safety
laws
.
•
Lawyers
prepared
a
memorial
summarizing
the
case
for
the
judge
.
Lawyers
prepared
a
memorial
summarizing
the
case
for
the
judge
.
This
formal
legal
sense
grew
from
the
idea
of
a
document
that
preserves
a
memory
,
first
recorded
in
English
in
the
late
16th
century
.
