remembrance definition - Dictionary

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re·mem·brance [ ri mémbrənss ] (plural re·mem·branc·es)

noun

Definition:

1. remembering: the act or process of remembering people, things, or events

2. being remembered: the state of being remembered, or of remaining in people's minds

We hold her name in fond remembrance.

3. act of honoring: the act of honoring the memory of a person or event

a service of remembrance

4. something remembered: something that is remembered

5. extent of memory: the period of time over which memory extends

6. memento: something that reminds somebody of a thing, event, or another person

7. friendly expression: a greeting, gift, or other expression of affection and friendship

Cultural Note


	Remembrance of Things Past, a series of novels (1913-1922) by French writer Marcel Proust. Regarded as one of the greatest works of 20th-century literature, this remarkable meditation on time and memory describes the narrator's childhood encounters with his aristocratic neighbors and his subsequent introduction to Parisian society. A series of unconscious recollections triggers the realization that the past is not lost but can be retrieved by memory and preserved as art.