mémorial

Definitions of mémorial
  1. noun
    a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
    synonyms: monument funéraire
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    types:
    dalle funèbre, dalle funéraire, pierre funéraire, pierre tombale, épitaphe
    a stone that is used to mark a grave
    arc de triomphe
    a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory
    type of:
    construction
    a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
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