Commemoratory

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to commemoration.
  2. 2
    Comemmorative rare

    "The succeeding paschal sacrifices, though commemoratory of the first, yet varied something from it."

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"The succeeding paschal sacrifices, though commemoratory of the first, yet varied something from it."

Etymology

First attested in 1695; borrowed from New Latin commemorātōrius, from Latin commemorō. Cognate with French commémoratoire, by surface analysis, commemorate + -ory.

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