memorial
part of speech
noun (a memorial, memorials); adjective (memorial)
meaning for a pupil
1) A memorial is a statue, stone, building or event that helps people remember a person who died or something that happened. tree →
2) Memorial describes something made in someone's memory. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah a memorial is something that makes God or the people remember. The "memorial-part" of an offering is the small portion burned on the altar. In the Psalms, "to make memorial" appears in the heading of two psalms of David, and in Job the word means remembered sayings. Interpretation: The stones on the high priest's shoulders carried the tribes' names as a reminder before God. The memorial-part showed the whole offering belonged to God. Tradition reads the psalm heading as a prayer that God will remember the one who is suffering. In the primary lessons: In history lessons, war memorials list the names of soldiers who died; people lay wreaths of poppies there on Remembrance Day, Anzac Day or Memorial Day. A memorial service is held to remember someone after they die. Phrases: "war memorial", "memorial service", "memorial garden", "in memorial of" — say "in memory of".
examples
- And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah EXO.39.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt put pure frankincense with each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial-part, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. (Torah LEV.24.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memorial-part thereof, and make it smoke upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water. (Torah NUM.5.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- A Psalm of David, to make memorial. (Writings PSA.38.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- A Psalm of David; to make memorial. (Writings PSA.70.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay. (Writings JOB.13.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- We laid poppies at the war memorial. tree →
- The bench is a memorial to my great-grandma. tree →
- The town built a memorial to the miners. tree →
- We went to a memorial service for our old teacher. tree →
- The school planted a memorial garden. tree →
- Names are carved on the stone memorial. tree →
- Memorial Day is a holiday in the USA. tree →
- No king has a more splendid memorial. tree →
note
Countable. Related: memory, remember, memorise. Say "in memory of", not "in memorial of".
In the corpora
- Receive the memorial of all thy meal-offerings, and accept the fat of thy burnt-sacrifice; Selah
- A Psalm of David, to make memorial.
- A Psalm of David; to make memorial.
- He hath made a memorial for His wonderful works; the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
- O LORD, Thy name endureth for ever; thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
Trees and pragmatics
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