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commemorating::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | commemorative |
Examples of commemorating
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The 75th anniversary of the Tower Bridge was well worth commemorating Wednesday.
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In 1975, there was a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the stadium.
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Akbar, grandson of Babur, devoted his reign to commemorating the dynasty in art.
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Drake presented the Queen with a jewel token commemorating the circumnavigation.
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The Anzac centenary is not really about celebrating, it is about commemorating.
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The LDS Church also will present a short video commemorating the momentous event.
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La Diablada has roots in ancient Andean ceremonies commemorating indigenous gods.
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Ironically, the room commemorating Gompers, who was Jewish, is the former chapel.
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There is great, aching irony in King's dying on a day commemorating fatherhood.
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- Mark by some ceremony or observation; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade"
- Call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War"
- Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"
- (commemoration) memorial: a recognition of meritorious service
- (commemorative) an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person
- (Commemoration (observance)) Commemorations are a type of religious observance in the Church of England. They are the least significant type of observance, the others being Principal Feasts, Principal Holy Days, Festivals, and Lesser Festivals. ...
- (Commemoration (prayer)) In the Tridentine Mass period of the Roman Rite, when a higher-ranked liturgical celebration impeded the celebration of a lesser that, either permanently or (in a particular year) by coincidence, fell on the same day, the prayer of the lower-ranked celebration was ...
- (5. Commemoration) Once the body was buried or cremated, the deceased still had to be remembered. The Roman state set apart certain days each year to remember loved ones, including the Parentalia, held from February 13 to 21, to honor the family's ancestors. ...
- (Commemoration (in Liturgy)) The recital of a part of the Office or
