Main Entry: 2memorial
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : something that keeps remembrance alive: as a : <A HREF="http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/mw.cgi?dlookup=MONUMENT&dib.x=1">MONUMENT</A> b : something (as
a speech or ceremony) that commemorates c : <A HREF="http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/mw.cgi?dlookup=KEEPSAKE&dib.x=1">KEEPSAKE</A>, <A HREF="http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/mw.cgi?dlookup=MEMENTO&dib.x=1">MEMENTO</A>
2 a : <A HREF="http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/mw.cgi?dlookup=RECORD&dib.x=1">RECORD</A>, <A HREF="http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/mw.cgi?dlookup=MEMOIR&dib.x=1">MEMOIR</A> b : <A HREF="http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/mw.cgi?dlookup=MEMORANDUM&dib.x=1">MEMORANDUM</A>, <A HREF="http://www.yourdictionary.com/cgi-bin/mw.cgi?dlookup=NOTE&dib.x=1">NOTE</A>; specifically : a legal abstract c
: a statement of facts addressed to a government and often accompanied by a
petition or remonstrance
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I guess I was thinking along the lines of the dictionary.com entry below, =
n. 1. Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrte or hon=
or the memory of a person or event
i.e. I agree that this of course does not rule out all sorts of other memor=
ials, but generally governments create holidays and build monuments.
Ivan
Main Entry: 2memorial
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : something that keeps remembrance alive: as a : MONUMENT b : something (=
as a speech or ceremony) that commemorates c : KEEPSAKE, MEMENTO
2 a : RECORD, MEMOIR b : MEMORANDUM, NOTE; specifically : a legal abstract =
c : a statement of facts addressed to a government and often accompanied by=
a petition or remonstrance
From dictionary.com
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