memoriter

American  

[muh-mawr-i-ter, -ter, -mohr-] / məˈmɔr ɪ tər, -tɛr, -ˈmoʊr- /

adverb

1. by heart; by memory.

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adjective

1. involving or requiring memorization.

   the memoriter aspects of a college course.

Etymology

Origin of memoriter

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin, equivalent to memori- (stem of memor “mindful of, remembering” ) + -ter adverb suffix

Example Sentences

Et quicunque haec verba non scripta sed memoriter tradita recitat nunquam dolebit vento ventre.

From The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

There is, for instance, the question of the delivery of sermons—whether the preacher should read, or speak memoriter, or preach extempore.

From The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 by Stalker, James

At the stage when the young student is forming a style, he is assisted by laying up memoriter a number of passages of great authors; but it is never necessary to go beyond select paragraphs.

From Practical Essays by Bain, Alexander

Nor does he preach memoriter, as far as the language of his addresses is concerned.

From The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little by Kleiser, Grenville

The Druids on the continent never committed their mysteries to writing, but taught their pupils memoriter.

From Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy by Delafield, John