Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shrine or reliquary containing relics of some martyr or martyrs. In primitive times it was customary to carry the memoria in religious processions.
- noun A church or chapel built in memory of a martyr or confessor, often over his tomb.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Memory.
- noun technical memory; a contrivance for aiding the memory.
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Examples
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If I understand correctly, and sometimes I don't (!), the memoria is the part of the documentation that covers the value of the property when sold.
Pesky tax questions 2006
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During the harmony overdub session, Cobain accidentally sang the phrase "And I don't have a gun" too early, appearing the fourth time he sings the word "memoria" after the guitar solo.
Propeller Most Popular Stories scott4261 2010
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"memoria," i.e. "aedes sacra in qua extat sancti alicujus sepulcrum." cf. Nomocan.
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"memoria" from the middle of song and placed it in the background of the song near the end twice.
Propeller Most Popular Stories scott4261 2010
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By Una memoria USB que te dice lo que tiene dentro | MultiBlogs. info Noticias on 08 May 2010 at 10: 06 pm
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Este stick de memoria estaría hecho de cristal o algún material transparente y mediante código [...]
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En 2006, en medio de uno de los procesos electorales más controvertidos de que se tenga memoria, [el expresidente de España] José Ma.
Global Voices in English » Mexico: Foreign Artists Commenting on Internal Matters 2009
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Associated Press Artist rendering of the proposed World Trade Center memoria 11 The city will mark the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Todo ese patrimonio o memoria está fuera de nuestro país.
Global Voices in English » Peru: Recovering Memories of the Amazon 2009
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Mientras uno de los familiares se puso a rezar, fue recriminado el hecho de que Bojorquez no era católico y que con el silencio debería respetar la memoria del finado.
Global Voices in English » Bolivia: Farewell to Aymara Hip Hop Artist Abraham Bojorquez 2009
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