MEMORIAL (2)

memorial (2). Memorial, a. preserving remembrance, aiding

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Me‐mo″ri‐al, n. [[Cf. F. mémorial.]] 1. 1. Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument. Macaulay.
Churches have names; some as memorials of peace, some of wisdom, some in memory of the Trinity itself. Hooker. 2. 2. A memorandum; a record. Hayward.
3. 3. A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., — often accompanied with a petition.
4. 4. Memory; remembrance.
Precious is the memorial of the just. Evelyn. 5. 5. (Diplomacy) A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.