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memento mori::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | reminder |
Examples of memento mori
memento mori
By the end of the drama, he has become a memento mori in the family living room.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Jacobs kept a memento mori next to his desk as a reminder of how short life is.
From the latimes.com
He worked with a hand propping his head, feeling his skull as a memento mori.
From the economist.com
This is not the original sense of the memento mori phrase as used by Horace.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The imperial memento mori was purchased by an unnamed collector in London.
From the businessweek.com
This is similar to the tradition of a slave in Roman triumphs whispering memento mori.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Memento mori is salvation through the grace or acceptance of God in death.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This is the theme of his seven new short stories, each in its own way a memento mori.
From the time.com
A human skull sometimes appears, Hamlet-style, as an explicit and sobering memento mori.
From the theatlantic.com
