memorial

Plural: memorials

Noun

• Something designed to preserve the memory of a person or event.
• a recognition of meritorious service
• a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
• a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
• Memory; recollection.
• Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered.
• A chronicle or memoir.
• A note or memorandum.
• A service of remembrance or commemoration.
• A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.

Adj

• Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.
• Contained in the memory.
• Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

Examples

• a memorial building
• a memorial possession
• He hoped his record-breaking score would stand as a MEMORIAL to his Scrabble prowess.

Synonyms

commemoration, monument, remembrance