in memoriam
- noun
- /ɪn məˈmɔːriəm/
- Literature
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obituario
- The newspaper published an in memoriam notice honoring the beloved teacher who had passed away.
Examples
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Just so the audience knows, they had run a an in memoriam video about Jackie right before he stood up.
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Just so the audience knows, they had run a an in memoriam video about Jackie right before he stood up.
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There is no rush because even if I drop dead tomorrow, some kind family member will publish it eventually, in memoriam.
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Every year, they include an in memoriam section in the program to remember those we have lost.
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During the memorial service, a touching in memoriam tribute was read to celebrate her life.
Synonyms
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4.5
Words or actions that show respect and praise
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4.8
A published notice of a person's death with a short life story
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6.8
A speech or piece of writing that praises someone who died
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4.6
An official statement that praises a person's service or achievements
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7.9
A notice in a newspaper or online about someone's death with a short life story
A short article about someone's death written with deep feeling
A speech or piece of writing that praises someone, often at a funeral
How Public
Surface Forms
Morphology
in + memoriam
This is a Latin phrase: knowing the English preposition 'in' does not help a B1 learner decode 'memoriam' (a non-English/Latin form of 'memory'), so the meaning 'in memory of' is not derivable from the visible constituents. Although many languages have equivalent expressions for honoring the dead, the use of a Latin lexical item makes the phrase idiomatic and unpredictable for learners, so it is not transparent.
Etymology
In memoriam as a noun began as a short heading on tombs and in newspapers for a tribute, and people later used the phrase itself as the name of that printed notice. So an in memoriam now means a short printed tribute to someone who has died.