Commemoration

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of honoring the memory of or serving as a memorial to someone or something.
  • n. Something that honors or preserves the memory of another.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.
  • n. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.
  • n. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of commemorating or calling to remembrance by some solemnity; the act of honoring the memory of some person or event by solemn celebration: as, the feast of the passover among the Israelites was an annual commemoration of their deliverance from Egypt.
  • n. Eccles.: In the intercessory prayers of the eucharistic office, mention made by name, rank, or condition of persons living or departed, or of canonized saints; also, a prayer containing such mention: as, the commemoration of the living; the commemoration of the departed; the commemoration of the saints. See diptych.
  • n. In the services for the canonical hours, a brief form, consisting of anthem, versicle, response, and collect, said in honor of God, of a saint, or of some biblical or ecclesiastical event: in the medieval church in England also called a memory, and sometimes a memorial. A complete service said in honor of a saint was also so styled.
  • n. Parts of the proper service of a lesser festival inserted in the service for a greater festival when the latter coincides with and supersedes the former.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
  • n. a recognition of meritorious service
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ceremonial    observance    ceremonial occasion    ceremony   
    Cross Reference
    commemoration day   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    memorial   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    celebration    anniversary    remembrance    thanksgiving    commemorative   
     
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