memorial

me-mo-ri-al · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A structure or statue built to honor a person or event.

  2. 2.

    A ceremony or event honoring the memory of someone who has died.

Forms

plural: memorials

Related words

See also: commemorate, monument, tribute
Synonyms: commemoration, monument, tribute

Etymology

From Latin memorialis, meaning "belonging to memory," from memoria meaning "memory."