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   memorial

   /mɪˈmɔːrɪəl/

   noun

   • 1. a statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event: "a memorial to General Robert E. Lee" Similar monumentshrinemausoleumcenotaphstatueplaquebrasscairntombstonegravestoneheadstonetrophytributetestimonialremembrancemementosouvenir
   • ▪ intended to commemorate someone or something: "a memorial service in the dead man's honour"
   • 2. a statement of facts, especially as the basis of a petition: historical "the Council sent a strongly worded memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer"
   • ▪ a record or memoir: "Mrs Carlyle's Letters and Memorials"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin memoriale ‘record, memory, monument’, from Latin memorialis ‘serving as a reminder’, from memoria ‘memory’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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