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Definition of Commemorative

1. Noun. An object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person.

2. Adjective. Intended as a commemoration. "A commemorative plaque"

Definition of Commemorative

1. a. Tending or intended to commemorate.

Definition of Commemorative

1. Adjective. serving to commemorate, e.g., a person or event ¹

2. Noun. an object made to commemorate a person, mark an event, etc. ¹

3. Noun. (philately) a postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Commemorative

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commemorative

commeasurable commeasure commeasured commeasures commeasuring commedia dell'arte commelina commemorabilia commemorable commemorate

commemorated commemorates commemorating commemoration commemorations commemorative (current term) commemorative sign commemoratively commemoratives commemorator

commemorators commemoratory commemorial commence commenced commencement commencement ceremony commencement day commencement exercise commencements

Literary usage of Commemorative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1922)
"... commemorative VOLUME A limited number of copies of the Titchener commemorative Volume are left in ..."

2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1893)
"commemorative COLUMNS AND ANCESTOR WORSHIP. BY STEPHEN D. PEET. The custom of erecting columns which were commemorative of the departed is as old as history ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"ON February 12, exercises commemorative of the centenary of the death of Immanuel Kant were held at the University of Alabama, at which short addresses were ..."

4. Modern American Oratory: Seven Representative Orations by Ralph Curtis Ringwalt (1898)
"THE commemorative ORATION.—Although not so embedded in classic traditions as is the eulogy, a literature replete with splendid achievements has been ..."

5. Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada by University of Toronto (1908)
"commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Lambton, Ontario. Compiled by JH Beers and Co., Toronto. Containing biographical sketches of prominent ..."

6. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biographyby Historical Society of Pennsylvania by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1884)
"commemorative ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE HALL OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, November 10,1884, JOHN WILLIAM WALLACE, ..."

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