Memorial /(?)/

Me·mo·ri·al

Memorial

a.
  1. Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.
    There high in air, memorial of my name, Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame.
  2. Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.
  3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
    This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.
    — Skeat.

Phrases & Compounds
Memorial Day
See Memorial Day in the vocabulary. Also called Decoration Day.

Memorial

n.
  1. Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.
    Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself.
  2. A memorandum; a record. [Obs. or R.]
  3. 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.
  4. Memory; remembrance. [Obs.]
    Precious is the memorial of the just.
  5. A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation. (Diplomacy)