in memoriam

US/ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/UK/ɪn məˈmɔː.ɹi.əm/

adverb

In memory (of); as a memorial.

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Meanings

adverbin memoriam (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn memory (of); as a memorial.

    An Enchanted Castle, and Other Poems, 1893, p. 72, prefaces the poem with this line, which suggests that the poem was written “in memoriam”: “[C. L. P., OB. JULY 18, 1884.]”.

    2004, John P. Frayne and Madeleine Marchaterre, “Notes” to The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume IX: Early Articles and Reviews, Scribner, page 553
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    The book can be divided into three main parts: chapters 1, 14 were written in memoriam; in the second part (chapters 2–7) Miller carries out a philosophical investigation of critical rationalism; the third part (chapters 8–13) […]

    2009, Zuzana Parusniková, review of David Miller’s Out of Error, in Zuzana Parusniková and Robert S. Cohen (editors), Rethinking Popper, Springer, page 417
nounin memoriam (plural in memoriams)

plural in memoriams

  1. An announcement or composition etc. in memory of a deceased person.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
in memory of

Origin

  1. Latinin
  2. Englishin memoriam

From Latin in memoriam (“into memory”).

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Translations

Catalan en memòria de, en record de
  • en memòria dein memory of
  • en record dein memory of
Czech na památku
  • na památkuin memory of
Dutch ter gedachtenis, in memoriam
  • ter gedachtenisin memory of
  • in memoriamin memory of
Finnish muistolle, muistoa kunnioittaen
  • muistollein memory of
  • muistoa kunnioittaenin memory of
French en souvenir de, in memoriam
  • en souvenir dein memory of
  • in memoriamin memory of
German im Andenken, im Gedenken
  • im Andenkenin memory of
  • im Gedenkenin memory of
  • in memoriam or in Memoriamin memory of
Greek εις μνήμην
  • εις μνήμην (eis mnímin)in memory of
Latin in memoriam
  • in memoriamin memory of
Polish ku pamięci, in memoriam
  • ku pamięciin memory of
  • in memoriamin memory of
Portuguese em memória, in memoriam
  • em memóriain memory of
  • in memoriamin memory of
Russian в па́мять
  • в па́мять (v pámjatʹ)in memory of
Spanish en memoria de, en recuerdo de
  • en memoria dein memory of
  • en recuerdo dein memory of
Swedish in memoriam, till minne av
  • in memoriamin memory of
  • till minne avin memory of
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APA

in memoriam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20memoriam

MLA

“in memoriam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20memoriam. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in memoriam,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20memoriam.

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