memoria technica

British  

/ mɪˈmɔːrɪə ˈtɛknɪkə /

noun

1. a method or device for assisting the memory

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Etymology

Origin of memoria technica

C18: New Latin: artificial memory

Example Sentences

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memoria technica

But a sermon is less easy to remember than a poem or matter arranged by some method of memoria technica.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Here they learned the history of their family as the history of England: not a bad memoria technica, but one attended with some risk.

From Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

They were catchwords, as it were, memoria technica, which could easily be remembered, and would recall the fuller expositions that had been based upon them.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

I am sorely perplexed to answer this; I can only approach an answer by a sort of memoria technica.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell

The peasant girl still knots her handkerchief as her memoria technica, and the lady changes her ring from its accustomed finger.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances