What does remembrance mean?
Definitions for remembrance
rɪˈmɛm brənsre·mem·brance
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word remembrance.
Princeton's WordNet
remembrance, recollection, anamnesisnoun
the ability to recall past occurrences
memorial, commemoration, remembrancenoun
a recognition of meritorious service
Wiktionary
remembrancenoun
The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
remembrancenoun
The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection.
remembrancenoun
Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.
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.
remembrancenoun
Something to be remembered; counsel; admonition; instruction.
remembrancenoun
Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.
Etymology: remembrance, from the verb remembrer, from rememorari. Equivalent to.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Remembrancenoun
Etymology: remembrance, Fr.
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.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.
Rosemary and rue keep
Seeming and favour all the winter long,
Grace and remembrance be unto you both. William Shakespeare.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.Those proceedings and remembrances are in the Tower, beginning with the twentieth year of Edward I. Matthew Hale.
But in remembrance of so brave a deed,
A tomb and funeral honours I decreed. Dryden.I have remembrances of yours,
That I have longed to redeliver. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.Keep this remembrance for thy Julia’s sake. William Shakespeare.
Let your remembrance still apply to Banquo;
Present him eminence, both with eye and tongue. William Shakespeare.
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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 Dictionary
Remembrancenoun
the act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection
Remembrancenoun
the state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection
Remembrancenoun
something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory
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
Remembrancenoun
something to be remembered; counsel; admoni//on; instruction
Remembrancenoun
power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of remembrance in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of remembrance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of remembrance in a Sentence
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.
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.
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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.
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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Translations for remembrance
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- recordatori, memòriaCatalan, Valencian
- μνήμηGreek
- recuerdo, memoria, recordatorioSpanish
- muistomerkki, muistiinpano, muistikuva, muistaminen, muisto, muistiFinnish
- souvenirFrench
- cuimhneachan, cuimhneachadh, cuimhneScottish Gaelic
- 記念品, 形見, 思い出, 記憶, 記念碑, 回想Japanese
- memoriam, recordatio, memoriaLatin
- tifkiraMaltese
- herinnerd, herinnerde, herinneren, geheugensteunDutch
- erindringNorwegian
- amintire, memorie, reamintireRomanian
- памятьRussian
- یادUrdu
- אָנדענקYiddish
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