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[ kuh -mem-uh -rey -shuh n ] SHOW IPA
/ kəˌmɛm əˈreɪ ʃən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the act of commemorating.
a service, celebration, etc., in memory of some person or event.
a memorial.
(in many Christian churches) a special service or prayer for commemorating the lesser feast on days on which two feasts of unequal rank are celebrated.
Origin of commemoration 1350–1400; Middle English (<Middle French ) <Latin commemorātiōn- (stem of commemorātiō ), equivalent to commemorāt (us ) (see commemorate) + -iōn- -ion
OTHER WORDS FROM commemoration com·mem·o·ra·tion·al, adjective non·com·mem·o·ra·tion, noun non·com·mem·o·ra·tion·al, adjective Words nearby commemoration commeasure, comme ci, comme ça, commedia dell'arte, comme il faut, commemorate, commemoration , commemorative, commemoratory, commence, commencement, commend
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Example sentences from the Web for commemoration As late as the fifth century, powerful aristocratic women took charge of the commemoration of the dead in Rome.
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To Bartholdi, his statue meant a commemoration of Liberty attained.
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But the Maryland governor also has higher ambitions for the commemoration .
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Popular sentiment is a mixture of mourning and commemoration .
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Gay-pride parades will be held all across the country June 24 in commemoration of the Stonewall uprising on June 28, 1969.
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In commemoration of her he built his famous Odeum on the south slope of the Acropolis.
Roads from Rome | Anne C. E. Allinson
He had gone through three commemoration balls at Oxford about ten days before the regatta.
Intended for his glorification, it became the commemoration of his disgrace.
History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6) | Heinrich Graetz
It is the spell that the commemoration of a great event and a great movement casts over them that will hardly be repeated.
The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. IV | Various
During that winter I witnessed a large funeral procession in that city in commemoration of the death of General Washington.
Journal of Voyages | Jacob Dunham
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British Dictionary definitions for commemoration noun the act or an instance of commemorating
a ceremony or service in memory of a person or event
Derived forms of commemoration commemorational , adjective Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to commemoration ceremony, remembrance, tribute, celebration, recognition, custom, monumentalization