memorabilia

rare singular memorabile

1. pluralplural normallyObjects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.First known use 1855

   George has a collection of World War II memorabilia.

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   I can't remember / Give me a reminder / I collect, I reject / Memorabilia / Memorabilia

   1981, “Memorabilia”, in Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, performed by Soft Cell

   Have you seen the memorabilia / The rusty old memorabilia / The souvenirs of perfect doom / In the back of Louis Dakine's backroom

   2012, Donald Fagen, “Memorabilia”, in Sunken Condos

   Another friend was present while I was there, veteran criminal defense attorney William J. Brennan, jealously guarding an SUV full of memorabilia he’d purchased, including a Rizzo fedora and walking stick, the former of which he told me he hoped Rizzo was wearing during the famous “crumb bum” exchange with television reporter Stan Bohrman.

   2019 January 3, Michael Smerconish, “The Nixon letter I can’t forget”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2021

   Synonyms: mementos, souvenirs, keepsakes

2. archaicpluralplural normallyThings worth remembering: noteworthy points.First known use 1785

   On the other hand, how uſeful is ſuch a faculty, if well exerciſed! To it we owe all thoſe intereſting apothegms and memorabilia of the ancients, which Plutarch, Xenophon, and Valerius Maximus, have tranſmitted to us.

   1785, James Boswell, “To James Boswell, Esq.”, in The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, page 522