If you do something in ~ of a dead person, you do it as a way of showing that you want to remember them and that you respect them. (FORMAL)
They wore black in ~ of those who had died.
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If you do something in ~ of a dead person, you do it as a way of showing that you want to remember them and that you respect them. (FORMAL)
They wore black in ~ of those who had died.
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Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012