memorial
Speech parts
1. memorial - Noun
2. memorial - Adjective
Meaning
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.
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Examples
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
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.
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.
I want to make a memorial for our turkey. Never has a bird been so tortured to provide such a lousy dinner.
With living colours give my verse to glow: The sad memorial of a tale of woe!
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.