Meaning & use
in memoriam
A phrase used as a heading or title for a piece written to honor and remember someone who has died.
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The obituary page ran a short in memoriam for the beloved town doctor.
Colleagues wrote an in memoriam essay recalling the professor's decades of teaching.
A note on using this word
In memoriam is Latin for 'in memory of' and functions in English as a set phrase, often placed before a name.
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