commemorating
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com·mem·o·rate
(kə-mĕm′ə-rāt′)tr.v.com·mem·o·rat·ed,com·mem·o·rat·ing,com·mem·o·rates
1. To honor the memory of (a person or event, for example), especially with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe.
2. To serve as a memorial to:The statue commemorates the discovery of anesthesia.
[Latincommemorāre, commemorāt-,to remind :com-,intensive pref.; see com- +memorāre,to remind (frommemor,mindful; see(s)mer- inIndo-European roots).]
com·mem′o·ra′tor n.
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Adj. | 1. | commemorating - intended as a commemoration; "a commemorative plaque" |
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(7) An act of communion -- the drinking of the potion here described -- was one of the most important pieces of ritual in the Eleusinian mysteries, ascommemorating the sorrows of the goddess.
Islamabad -- The international community observed the first International DayCommemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief on Thursday, as reports of atrocities in Myanmar, occupied Kashmir, Syria and Palestine - among other parts of the world - continue to surface.
Japan-based Denso iscommemorating the 20th anniversary of its thermal facility in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
'Commemorating Holy Week means remembering how Christ suffered and died for our sins,' she said.
In its Wednesday issue, An-Nahar included a special supplement of editorialscommemorating Tueni.
Commemorating the 58 Loughborough Grammar School boys who fell in the First World War, the installation combines 15 mechanical poppies which are engineered to open and close when people hover to read the plaques detailing some of the former pupils who lost their lives.
President George Manneh Weah congratulates the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Germany, on the occasioncommemorating German Unity Day.
23 (ANI): India iscommemorating hundred years of the liberation of Israel's Haifa by the Indian troops in 1918.
Heritage Day does not focus on the huge historical monuments that tower over the landscape throughout Germany,commemorating various events or great minds.
21, on the same special holidaycommemorating the assassination of former senator Benigno Aquino Jr.
Whilecommemorating the security forces who sacrificed their lives, all civilians who lost their lives from the day the war began should also be remembered during the war heroes day, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
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