0 to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event, especially by a public ceremony or by making a statue or special building: --
1 to show honor to the memory of an important person or event in a special way: --
The ceremonies commemorated the 20th anniversary of the founding of the school.
Essays to commemorate the centennial of his death.
An evaluation of what has been remembered and commemorated and how that has happened can provide insights into the construction of the discipline.
His lifetime's work and his insight into the importance of anatomy for understanding the brain are aptly commemorated in this publication.
Its length permits full recall of the important accomplishments to be commemorated, and the syllabic style conveys every word clearly to the audience.
Second, its annual festivals and those commemorating the spirits of the military dead are important rituals for the shrine.
Funeral monuments were most adept in commemorating bishops where the tombs had some curious distinction.
Among these are volumes commemorating deceased persons which are distributed to participants at cremation ceremonies.
In this model, obituaries-like the world of the lives they commemorate-have only a finite amount of room.
