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Definition of Commemoratives
1. commemorative [n] - See also: commemorative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commemoratives
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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