commemoration
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See also: commémoration
English
Etymology
From commemorate + -ion, from Old French commemoration (French commémoration), from Latin commemorātiōnem, verb commemorāre.
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
commemoration (countable and uncountable, plural commemorations)
- The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
- That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
- (religion) The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead.
- (UK) The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.
Derived terms
Translations
act of commemorating
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