Definition of Commemoratives

1. Noun. (plural of commemorative) ¹

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Definition of Commemoratives

1. commemorative [n] - See also: commemorative

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commemoratives

commeasures
commeasuring
commedia dell'arte
commelina
commemorabilia
commemorable
commemorate
commemorated
commemorates
commemorating
commemoration
commemorations
commemorative
commemorative sign
commemoratively
commemoratives (current term)
commemorator
commemorators
commemoratory
commemorial
commence
commenced
commencement
commencement ceremony
commencement day
commencement exercise
commencements
commencer
commencers
commences

Literary usage of Commemoratives

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

1. A Treatise on Syphilis: Historical and Practical by Etienne Lancereaux, George Whitley (1869)
"In such cases, the diagnosis must rest, above all, upon the antecedents and commemoratives of the patient; but it is unnecessary to insist upon this point ..."

2. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"... on return, the astronauts affixed two 8-cent "decade of achievement" commemoratives (the same as the one canceled on the moon for the US Postal Service) ..."

3. The White House Garden by William Seale, Erik Kvalsvik (1995)
"Forty-one are commemoratives, including the famous magnolia planted by Andrew Jackson probably in the 1830s. ..."

4. The Theological and Literary Journal (1850)
"There is no absolute inconsistency between their being presented as types of Christ under the first, and as commemoratives, or memorials of his death, ..."

5. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1876)
"... careful consideration of the commemoratives and antecedents of the patient, combined with due regard to the accompanying phenomena present in the case. ..."

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