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memento(dictionary)
memento(dictionary)

memento (iou)



memento noun. Pl. -o(e)s. LME.
[from Latin, imper. of meminisse remember, ult. redupl. of base of MIND noun1.]
1. Christian Church. Either of the two prayers (beginning with Memento) in the canon of the Mass, in which the living and the dead are respectively commemorated; the commemoration of the living or the dead in these prayers. LME.
2. A reminder, warning, or hint as to future conduct or events. Now esp. an object serving as such a reminder or warning. L16.
3. A reminder of a past event or condition, of an absent person, or something that once existed. Now esp. an object kept as a memorial of some person or event, a souvenir. M18.
Phrases: memento mori a reminder of life; a reminder of the pleasure of living.