Commemoration

  • 21commemoration — noun (U) something that makes you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past: in commemoration of: a service in commemoration of those who died in the war …

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  • 22commemoration — commemorational, adj. /keuh mem euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of commemorating. 2. a service, celebration, etc., in memory of some person or event. 3. a memorial. 4. (in many Christian churches) a special service or prayer for commemorating the… …

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  • 23commemoration — commemorate ► VERB ▪ honour the memory of as a mark of respect. DERIVATIVES commemoration noun commemorative adjective. ORIGIN Latin commemorare bring to remembrance …

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  • 24commemoration — n. 1 an act of commemorating. 2 a service or part of a service in memory of a person, an event, etc. Etymology: ME f. F commemoration or L commemoratio (as COMMEMORATE) …

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  • 25Commémoration des fidèles défunts — Le Jour des morts, peint par William Adolphe Bouguereau (1859) Autre nom …

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  • 26Commemoration (in Liturgy) — • The recital of a part of the Office or Mass assigned to a certain feast or day when the whole cannot be said Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Commemoration (in Liturgy)     Commemoration (in …

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  • 27Commemoration des fideles defunts — Commémoration des fidèles défunts Commémoration des fidèles défunts Le Jour des morts, peint par William Adolphe Bouguereau (1859) Autre nom Jour …

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  • 28Commemoration day — Commemoration Com*mem o*ra tion, n. [L. commemoratio.] 1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event. [1913 Webster] This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of… …

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  • 29Commemoration of the Passion of Christ —     Commemoration of the Passion of Christ     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Commemoration of the Passion of Christ     A feast kept on the Tuesday after Sexagesima. Its object is the devout remembrance and honour of Christ s sufferings for the… …

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  • 30Commemoration Day of Fallen Soldiers — (Finnish: kaatuneiden muistopäivä) is the commemoration day on 3rd Sunday of May for the fallen soldiers of the Winter War and Finnish Civil War 1918.[1] After 1940 is was also the day of commemoration of the fallen soldiers of the Continuous War …

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