in memoriam

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English

Etymology

From Latin in memoriam (into memory).

Pronunciation

Adverb

in memoriam (not comparable)

  1. In memory (of); as a memorial.
    • 2004, John P. Frayne and Madeleine Marchaterre, “Notes” to The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume IX: Early Articles and Reviews, Scribner, →ISBN, page 553:
      An Enchanted Castle, and Other Poems, 1893, p. 72, prefaces the poem with this line, which suggests that the poem was written “in memoriam”: “”.
    • 2009, Zuzana Parusniková, review of David Miller’s Out of Error, in Zuzana Parusniková and Robert S. Cohen (editors), Rethinking Popper, Springer, →ISBN, page 417:
      The book can be divided into three main parts: chapters 1, 14 were written in memoriam; in the second part (chapters 2–7) Miller carries out a philosophical investigation of critical rationalism; the third part (chapters 8–13)

Usage notes

  • Sometimes followed by a reference to the one being remembered: then, either a preposition is used (typically of) or in memoriam is followed directly by the reference (as in in memoriam: Christa McAuliffe or in memoriam Christa McAuliffe).

Translations

Noun

in memoriam (plural in memoriams)

  1. An announcement or composition etc. in memory of a deceased person.

French

Pronunciation

Adverb

in memoriam

  1. in memoriam

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin in memoriam.

Pronunciation

Adjective

in memoriam (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (literary) in memoriam
    Synonyms: ku pamięci, na pamiątkę

Adverb

in memoriam (not comparable)

  1. (literary) in memoriam
    Synonyms: ku pamięci, na pamiątkę

Further reading

  • in memoriam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • in memoriam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Adverb

in memoriam

  1. in memoriam

Further reading