Memorial Day
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Memorial Day \Me*mo"ri*al Day\
1. A day, originally May 30, appointed for commemorating, by
decorating their graves with flowers, by patriotic
exercises, etc., the dead soldiers and sailors who served
the Civil War (1861-65) in the United States; Also called
{Decoration Day}. It is a legal holiday in most of the
States. In the Southern States, the Confederate Memorial
Day is: May 30 in Virginia; April 26 in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in North Carolina and
South Carolina; the second Friday in May in Tennessee;
June 3 in Louisiana. [U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A day designated for commemoration of all of the war dead
of the United States, clebrated on the last Monday in May
in most states. It supersedes the original Memorial Day
celebrated May 30th.
[PJC]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Memorial \Me*mo"ri*al\, a. [F. m['e]morial, L. memorialis, fr.
memoria. See {Memory}.]
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1. Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a
memorial building.
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There high in air, memorial of my name,
Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to fame. --Pope.
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2. Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.
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3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
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This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be
expressed by the memorial word ASH. --Skeat.
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{Memorial Day}. See {Memorial Day} in the vocabulary. Also
called {{Decoration Day}}. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Decoration Day \Decoration Day\
a day, May 30, originally appointed for decorating with
flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who
fell in the Civil War in the United States; -- now called
{Memorial Day}, and established as the last Monday in May,
and designated as a day for commemorating those who died in
all wars of the United States. [U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
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