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in memoriam

UK/ɪn məˈmɔː.ɹi.əm/US/ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/

in memoriam adverb: in memory (of); as a memorial.

Adverb

in memoriam (not comparable)

  1. In 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
    • 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

Noun

in memoriam (plural in memoriams)

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

in memoriam meaning in Tamil and Telugu

in memoriam in Tamil

ஞாபகார்த்தமாக, நினைவாக

in memoriam in Telugu

in memory of
జ్ఞాపకార్థం jñāpakārthaṁ

Forms of in memoriam

pluralin memoriams

Origin of in memoriam

From Latin in memoriam (“into memory”).

Questions about in memoriam

What does in memoriam mean?
In memoriam means in memory (of); as a memorial.
What is in memoriam in Tamil?
In memoriam in Tamil is ஞாபகார்த்தமாக, நினைவாக. See In memoriam meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in memoriam?
In memoriam can be an adverb or a noun.
How do you pronounce in memoriam?
In memoriam is pronounced /ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/ (US).

Words near in memoriam in the dictionary

  1. in mass
  2. in mean time
  3. in meantime
  4. in media res
  5. in medias res
  6. in memoriam
  7. in memoriams
  8. in memorium
  9. in memory of
  10. in midstream
  11. in mind

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in memoriam (page history and authors); in memoriam (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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