memorial

 
Pronunciation: /mɪˈmɔːrɪəl/

noun

  • 1a statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event: a memorial to General Robert E. Lee
  • [as modifier] intended to commemorate someone or something: a memorial service in the dead man’s honour
  • 2chiefly historical a statement of facts, especially as the basis of a petition: the Council sent a strongly worded memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • a record or memoir: Mrs Carlyle’s Letters and Memorials

Origin:

late Middle English: from late Latin memoriale 'record, memory, monument', from Latin memorialis 'serving as a reminder', from memoria 'memory'