Memorial vs. Memoriam

Memorialnoun

A structure, such as a monument, intended to celebrate the memory of a person or event.

Memorialnoun

A service of remembrance or commemoration.

Memorialnoun

(legal) a statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.

Memorialadjective

Serving as a remembrance of someone or something; commemorative.

Memorialadjective

Contained in the memory.

Memorialadjective

Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

Memorialadjective

Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

Memorialadjective

Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.

Memorialadjective

Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

Memorialnoun

Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.

Memorialnoun

A memorandum; a record.

Memorialnoun

A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., - often accompanied with a petition.

Memorialnoun

Memory; remembrance.

Memorialnoun

A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.

Memorialnoun

a recognition of meritorious service

Memorialnoun

a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority

Memorialnoun

a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

Memorialnoun

a statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event

Memorialnoun

intended to commemorate someone or something

Memorialnoun

a statement of facts, especially as the basis of a petition

Memorialnoun

a record or memoir

Memorial

A memorial is an object which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of art such as sculptures, statues or fountains and parks.

Memoriam

Memoriam is an English death metal band from Birmingham which is under contract with Nuclear Blast. It was founded in 2016 by former Bolt Thrower singer Karl Willetts and Benediction bassist Frank Healy.