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memento

me·men·to [ mə méntō ] (plural me·men·tos or me·men·toes)


noun 
Definition:
 
souvenir: an object given or kept as a reminder or in memory of somebody or something

[Mid-18th century. < Latin, "remember!" (originally the first word in prayers for the dead) < meminisse "remember"]
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