remembrance Meaning, Definition & Usage

Re*mem"brance noun

Etymology

OF. remembrance.

Definitions

1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

   Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. Milton.

   Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail. Addison.

2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection.

   This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear. Pope.

3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shak.
4. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.

   And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord. Spenser.

   Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. Shak.

5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admonion; instruction. Obs. Shak.
6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.

   Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my remembrance. Milton.

   Syn. -- Recollection; reminiscence. See Memory.