Week 11: Tahoe Lake Elementary 3rd/4th Grade Word of the Week

From: merriam-webster.com:

Word of the Week: MEMORIAL

Definition of memorial

 (Entry 1 of 2): ADJECTIVE

1: serving to preserve remembrance : COMMEMORATIVE

2: of or relating to memory

Definition of memorial (Entry 2 of 2): NOUN

1: something that keeps remembrance alive: such as

a: MONUMENT

b: something (such as a speech or ceremony) that commemorates

c: KEEPSAKE, MEMENTO

2a: RECORD, MEMOIRlanguage and literature … the memorials of another age— J. H. Fisher

b: MEMORANDUM, NOTEspecifically : a legal abstract

c: a statement of facts addressed to a government and often accompanied by a petition or remonstrance

LATIN ROOT: MEMORIA= MEMORY