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Just as the Lincoln Memorial pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln, a memorial is anything that symbolizes or celebrates someone who died. Every gravestone in a cemetery is actually a small memorial.

A memorial is a service or statue dedicated to someone who died. A memorial service celebrates the life of the deceased. Something written about the dead person can also be called a memorial, and you could say donating to a dead friend's favorite cause is a memorial to them. If it honors the dead, the word memorial probably fits.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: memorial

1	n	a recognition of meritorious service
2	n	a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: memorial

n a recognition of meritorious service

Synonyms:: commemoration, remembrance

Types:: epitaph
a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person; festschrift
a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar

Type of:: credit, recognition
approval

n a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

Synonyms:: monument

Examples:: show 4 examples...; hide 4 examples...; Lincoln Memorial
memorial building in Washington containing a large marble statue of Abraham Lincoln; Pyramids of Egypt
a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt; Statue of Liberty
a large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty Island in New York Bay; Washington Monument
a stone obelisk built in Washington in 1884 to honor George Washington; 555 feet tall

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; brass, memorial tablet, plaque
a memorial made of brass; cenotaph, empty tomb
a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered; gravestone, headstone, tombstone
a stone that is used to mark a grave; megalith, megalithic structure
memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe); national monument
memorial consisting of a structure or natural landmark of historic interest; set aside by national government for preservation and public enjoyment; pantheon
a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes; Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Seven Wonders of the World
impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe; triumphal arch
a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory; cromlech, dolmen, portal tomb
a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone; menhir, standing stone
a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France

Type of:: construction, structure
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

n a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority

Type of:: content, message, subject matter, substance
what a communication that is about something is about

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