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commemoratory

adj — 2 senses

commemoratory

adj

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

1

Pertaining to commemoration.

2

Rare Comemmorative

  • The succeeding paschal sacrifices, though commemoratory of the first, yet varied something from it.1695, George Hooper, A Discourse concerning Lent, 271:

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