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memorial

/məˈmɔːɹi.əl/noun4 syllables

Memorial means: a recognition of meritorious service.

Synonyms for memorial3

noun, as in a recognition of meritorious service

commemoration, remembrance

noun, as in a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

monument

What does memorial mean?3

noun

1

a recognition of meritorious service

2

a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

3

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with memorial?7

four syllables

tutorialpictorial

five syllables

editorialterritorialequatorialsenatorial

6 syllables

gubernatorial
Show 26 near rhymes
victoriaorleansvictoriangloriousaustriahistoriannotorioushistoriansaustriangloriaconsortiumvictoriousnauseaauditoriumtutorialsscorpionpretoriaeuphoriamemorialslaureateaccordionmoratoriumprimordialeditorialsscorpionsmeritorious

Memorial in a sentence

  • The governor dedicated the memorial to the soldiers who died in the war.CK
  • They were inscribing the memorial with the soldiers' names.TingBuDong
  • A memorial service for the victims of the war has been scheduled.Nylez
  • Yanni's family scheduled a memorial service but Skura didn't attend it.Amastan
  • I did not have the time to go shopping, or to attend my mother's memorial service.AlanF_US
  • The office held a memorial for him.Source_VOA
  • I have seen an interesting memorial.YoavR
  • He went to the Martyrs' Memorial this morning.Amastan

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Forms of memorial

as a noun

plural
memorials