1. memorial - Noun
2. memorial - Adjective
Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.
Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.
A memorandum; a record.
A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often accompanied with a petition.
Memory; remembrance.
A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryLetters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy. Doc Hastings
After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America. Russ Carnahan
I want to make a memorial for our turkey. Never has a bird been so tortured to provide such a lousy dinner. Laurie Halse Anderson
With living colours give my verse to glow: The sad memorial of a tale of woe! William Falconer
A scar is not always a flaw. Sometimes a scar may be redemption inscribed in the flesh, a memorial to something endured, to something lost. Dean Koontz