[mɪˈmɔːrɪəl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event
(e.g: a memorial to General Robert E. Lee)

- a statement of facts, especially as the basis of a petition
(e.g: the Council sent a strongly worded memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin memoriale ‘record, memory, monument’, from Latin memorialis ‘serving as a reminder’, from memoria ‘memory’