commemoratory

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adjective

Pertaining to commemoration.

OriginNew Latin commemorātōrius ← Latin commemorō →
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Meanings

adjectivecommemoratory (comparative more commemoratory, superlative most commemoratory)

comparative more commemoratory · superlative most commemoratory

  1. Pertaining to commemoration.
  2. rareComemmorative

    The succeeding paschal sacrifices, though commemoratory of the first, yet varied something from it.

    1695, George Hooper, A Discourse concerning Lent, 271

Origin

  1. Latincommemorō
  2. New Latincommemorātōrius
  3. Englishcommemoratory

First attested in 1695; borrowed from New Latin commemorātōrius, from Latin commemorō. Cognate with French commémoratoire, by surface analysis, commemorate + -ory.

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APA

commemoratory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commemoratory

MLA

“commemoratory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commemoratory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commemoratory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commemoratory.

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