Definitions for remembrance
rɪˈmɛm brənsre·mem·brance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. remembrance, recollection, anamnesisnoun

   the ability to recall past occurrences

2. memorial, commemoration, remembrancenoun

   a recognition of meritorious service

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. remembrancenoun

   The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

2. remembrancenoun

   The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection.

3. remembrancenoun

   Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.

4. remembrancenoun

   That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.

5. remembrancenoun

   Something to be remembered; counsel; admonition; instruction.

6. remembrancenoun

   Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.

7. Etymology: remembrance, from the verb remembrer, from rememorari. Equivalent to.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Remembrancenoun

   Etymology: remembrance, Fr.

   1. Retention in memory.

   Though Cloten then but young, time has not wore him
   From my remembrance. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Thee I have heard relating what was done,
   Ere my remembrance. John Milton.

   Had memory been lost with innocence,
   We had not known the sentence nor th’ offence;
   ’Twas his chief punishment to keep in store
   The sad remembrance what he was before. John Denham.

   Sharp remembrance on the English part,
   And shame of being match’d by such a foe,
   Rouse conscious virtue up in every heart. Dryden.

   This ever grateful in remembrance bear
   To me thou ow’st, to me the vital air. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. Recollection; revival of any idea.

   I hate thy beams,
   That bring to my remembrance from what state
   I fell; how glorious once above thy sphere. John Milton.

   Remembrance is when the same idea recurs, without the operation of the like object on the external sensory. John Locke.

   3. Honourable memory. Out of use.

   Rosemary and rue keep
   Seeming and favour all the winter long,
   Grace and remembrance be unto you both. William Shakespeare.

   4. Transmission of a fact from one to another.

   Titan,
   Among the heavens, th’ immortal fact display’d,
   Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail,
   And in the constellations wrote his tale. Addison.

   5. Account preserved.

   Those proceedings and remembrances are in the Tower, beginning with the twentieth year of Edward I. Matthew Hale.

   6. Memorial.

   But in remembrance of so brave a deed,
   A tomb and funeral honours I decreed. Dryden.

   7. A token by which any one is kept in the memory.

   I have remembrances of yours,
   That I have longed to redeliver. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Keep this remembrance for thy Julia’s sake. William Shakespeare.

   8. Notice of something absent.

   Let your remembrance still apply to Banquo;
   Present him eminence, both with eye and tongue. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. remembrance

   Remembrance is the act of remembering or recalling past events, experiences, or individuals. It often refers to a memory that is honored or commemorated, especially the memory of a significant person or event. It can also be any tangible item or specific day or ceremony that serves as a tribute or memorial to these past events or individuals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Remembrancenoun

   the act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection

2. Remembrancenoun

   the state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection

3. Remembrancenoun

   something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory

4. Remembrancenoun

   that which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered

5. Remembrancenoun

   something to be remembered; counsel; admoni//on; instruction

6. Remembrancenoun

   power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends

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1. • Recognition

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of remembrance in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of remembrance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of remembrance in a Sentence

1. John Keats:

   Poetry should please by a fine excess and not by singularity. It should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost as a remembrance.

2. William Shakespeare:

   Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.

3. Andy Hollinger:

   Teaching about Holocaust Remembrance and Holocaust Remembrance timeless lessons, including the dangers of unchecked antisemitism, is the foundation of all of our work, we offer free education resources and training for educators. Our online Holocaust Encyclopedia, the definitive digital resource on Holocaust Remembrance, is available in 19 languages.

4. Ecclesiates 1922 Bible:

   The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be. . .and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, SEE, this is new It hath been already of old time, which was before us. There is no remembrance of former things.

5. Hank Johnson:

   I view Stone Mountain as more of a museum-type archaeological place of remembrance for those who want to remember back then and they have a right to remember back then and Stone Mountain Park is there.

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