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UK
/məmˈɔːɹɪəl/
]
[ US /məˈmɔɹiəɫ/ ]
[ US /məˈmɔɹiəɫ/ ]
NOUN
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
- a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
- a recognition of meritorious service
How To Use memorial In A Sentence
- Three tall memorial archways inscribed with Chinese characters stand outside the temple.
- At the iron railings turn left into the war memorial gardens. Times, Sunday Times
- I just know that one beer bash was fine, two was tolerable, and the third was just a way to eat up time on Memorial Day.
- Jonathan Steele, who recently returned to follow up on that story, quotes a young man who lost half his family in Halabja saying of the memorial, "If they rebuild it a thousand times, I will burn it down a million times. Archive 2007-03-01
- Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
- On these relics of antiquity and of ancestorial memorials devolving on Dr. Jefferson, he sought for a place of deposit for them, suitable to their dignity, their character, and their times. The Scottish Chiefs
- The anchor was raised some years ago near Boatstrand and has now been mounted on the pier with an appropriate plaque as a memorial to its ill-fated captain and crew.
- At a recent function in the village's memorial hall, the residents presented her with a bouquet of flowers and £910 that had been collected in the community.
- The memorial is a blend of formal memorial and natural landscape. The Sun
- A mother has hit out at heartless thieves who stole her son's memorial from a lamp-post.