spec. The commemoration of a deceased person on the date of the death or funeral in any month or year following, originally by a requiem mass, and…

A funeral rite or ceremony; a funeral. Also: a commemorative rite or service (performed at the grave… In plural.

the action or an act of laying a wreath on a grave or monument as a mark of remembrance, typically as part of a commemorative ceremony; (also) a…

a day dedicated to remembering the dead or marking an anniversary; spec. that kept in remembrance of those killed in the world wars of 1914–18…

(in the United States) a day honouring military veterans, (now) spec. a public holiday held on the anniversary of the end of the First World War (11…

A short period of communal silence and stillness, observed as a public mark of respect for a person or group of people who have died; spec. the…

a day on which the dead of the First World War (1914–18), and later also of other conflicts, are commemorated by the wearing of an artificial poppy…

Remembrance Day, the Sunday nearest to 11 November.

An indefinite (usually short) period of time. See also phrases in phrases 1–phrases 6. a short period of silence observed as an act of…