Definition of COMMEMORATION

commemoration

Meanings

Plural: commemorations

Noun

  • a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
  • a recognition of meritorious service
  • The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
  • That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
  • The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead.
  • The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1384, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English commemoracioun, from Old French commemoration (French commémoration), from Latin commemorātiō. By surface analysis, commemorate + -ion

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