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Memento mori

//məˌmɛntoʊ ˈmɔːɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An emblematic object or personal ornament, such as a skull, used as a reminder of one's mortality.

    "No, Ile be ſworne: I make as good vſe of it, as many a man doth of a Deaths-Head, or a Memento Mori."

  2. 2
    a reminder (as a death's head) of your mortality wordnet

Etymology

From Latin mementō morī (literally “be mindful of dying”).

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