n.
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : something that keeps remembrance alive: as a : MONUMENT b : something (as a speech or ceremony) that commemorates c : KEEPSAKE , MEMENTO
2 a : RECORD , MEMOIR <language and literature ⋯ the memorial s of another age ― J. H. Fisher> b : MEMORANDUM , NOTE specifically : a legal abstract c : a statement of facts addressed to a government and often accompanied by a petition or remonstrance