Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- preposition In memory of; as a memorial to. Used especially in epitaphs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In memory (of); to the memory (of); as a memorial (to): a phrase often put at the beginning of epitaphs or obituary inscriptions or notices.
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- adverb In
memory (of); as amemorial .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Latin in memoriam, to the memory (of) : in, in, into + memoriam, accusative of memoria, memory.]
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From Latin in memoriam ("into memory").
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