remembrance (rɪˈmɛmbrəns
)
Definitions
noun
- the act of remembering or state of being remembered
- something that is remembered; reminiscence
- a memento or keepsake
- the extent in time of one's power of recollection
- the act of honouring some past event, person, etc
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a remembrance service
Quotations
"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance"
Usage examples
All around the music room were women and men laying straight and still, frozen into the position of remembrance.
, The Broken God (1993)Wearing your heart on your lapel As the remembrance poppy is emptied of meaning, phoney protests against it blossom.
Spiked (2004)She notes that for an Australian of her background, pink coconut ice is perhaps a stronger catalyst for remembrance of a childhood past.
The Australian (2004)But the Royal British Legion said: "They're a well-known international symbol of remembrance.
Sun, News of the World (2001)Later he bands together with other followers of Jesus and they study and worship together as a form of remembrance.
, Other Lives, Other Selves (1987)