Definition of: memorial

(mə·môr′ē·əl, -mō′rē-) adjective
1. Commemorating the memory of a deceased person or of any event.
2. Contained within one's memory: distinguished from immemorial.
—noun
1. Something designed to keep in remembrance a person, event, etc.
2. A summary or presentation of facts usually made the ground of a petition or remonstrance.
3. Law A memorandum filed for record. See synonyms under HISTORY, RECORD, TRACE. [<OF <L memorialis]