Me*mo"ri*al (?), a. [F. m'emorial, L. memorialis, fr. memoria. See Memory.]
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.
Pope.
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.
Memorial Day. Same as Decoration Day. [U.S.]
© Webster 1913.
Me*mo"ri*al, n. [Cf. F. m'emorial.]
1. Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.
Macaulay.
Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself.
Hooker.
2. A memorandum; a record. [Obs. or R.]
Hayward.
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.
Evelyn.
5. Diplomacy A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.
© Webster 1913. | 
