[me.mo.ri.al] adj [ME, fr. L memorialis, fr. memoria memory] (14c) 1: serving to preserve remembrance: commemorative
2: of or relating to memory -- me.mo.ri.al.ly adv
[2]memorial n (14c) 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 ~s of another age --J. H. Fisher" b: memorandum, note; specif: a legal abstract c: a statement of facts addressed to a government and often accompanied by a petition or remonstrance