Remembrance

  • 21remembrance — /ri mem breuhns/, n. 1. a retained mental impression; memory. 2. the act or fact of remembering. 3. the power or faculty of remembering. 4. the length of time over which recollection or memory extends. 5. the state of being remembered;… …

    Universalium

  • 22remembrance — n. in remembrance of * * * [rɪ membrəns] in remembrance of …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 23remembrance — In the OT remembrance is especially ordained to recall the saving acts of the works of God (e.g. Deut. 5:15); but people could be remembered after death by a memorial pillar (2 Sam. 18:18), as could events of history (Josh. 22:10). In the NT the… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 24remembrance — noun 1 in remembrance of sb in order to remember and give honour to someone who has died: a service in remembrance of those killed in the war 2 (C, U) formal a memory that you have of a person or event: fond remembrances …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25remembrance — noun 1) an expression of remembrance Syn: recollection, reminiscence, recall 2) we sold poppies in remembrance Syn: commemoration, memory, recognition …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 26REMEMBRANCE — s. f. Souvenir. J en ai quelque remembrance. Il est vieux …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 27REMEMBRANCE — n. f. Souvenir. J’en ai quelque remembrance. Il est vieux …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 28remembrance — Synonyms and related words: Mnemosyne, affect memory, aide memoire, anamnesis, anniversaries, anterograde memory, arch, atavism, barrow, best love, best regards, best wishes, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, celebrating, celebration, cenotaph …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29Remembrance Sunday — n. a British holiday, observed on the Sunday closest to Armistice Day (Nov. 11), honoring veterans of WWI and WWII * * * the nearest Sunday to 11 November ( Armistice Day), on which ceremonies are held in Britain to remember the people killed… …

    Universalium

  • 30Remembrance Sunday — (also Remembrance Day) ► NOUN ▪ (in the UK) the Sunday nearest 11 November, when those who were killed in the First and Second World Wars and later conflicts are commemorated …

    English terms dictionary