commemoration
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See also: commémoration
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From commemorate + -ion, from Old French commemoration (French commémoration), from Latin commemorātiōnem, verb commemorāre.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
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.
- (Britain) The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead; the great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.
Translations[edit]
act of commemorating
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