in memoriam
Speech parts
1. in memoriam - Noun
2. in memoriam - Adverb
Meaning
in memoriam (not comparable)
In memory (of); as a memorial.
in memoriam (plural in memoriams)
An announcement or composition etc. in memory of a deceased person.
Examples
The relevant poems are Milton's Paradise Lost, Pope's Essay on Man, Wordsworth's Excursion, Tennyson's In Memoriam.
After a brief in memoriam during SNL's 40th Anniversary Special on February 15, 2015, Bill Murray ended the segment with the famous phrase which "just came in from Spain".
Chaz was in attendance to accept a plaque on Roger's behalf. citation At the 86th Academy Awards ceremony, Ebert was included in the In Memoriam montage, a rare honor for a film critic. citation citation In 2014, the documentary Life Itself was released.
Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell performed the Beatles’ ‘Yesterday’ as the Oscars’ In Memoriam montage remembered Kobe Bryant, Kirk Douglas and others.
An experienced Unitarian Universalist minister and the author of In Memoriam: A Guide to Modern Funeral and Memorial Services, Edward Searl has been aiding people through this difficult passage for more than a quarter of a century.
History The first supper was held in memoriam at Burns Cottage by Robert Burns' friends on 21 July 1801, the fifth anniversary of his death, and have been a regular occurrence ever since.