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commemoratory

American  
[kuh-mem-er-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / kəˈmɛm ər əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

  1. commemorative.

Other Word Forms

  • noncommemoratory adjective

Etymology

Origin of commemoratory

First recorded in 1685–95; commemorate + -ory 1

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Egypt had furnished an obelisk for the centre, Delphi had given its commemoratory bronze of the victory of Platæa.

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