Memoria

//məˈmɔɹi.ə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One of the five canons of classical rhetoric: the discipline of memory and recall. uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin memoria, from memor (“mindful, remembering”). Doublet of memoir and memory.

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