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noun

Remembrance n.

The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. "Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage." "Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail."

The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection. "This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear."

Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.

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

Something to be remembered; counsel; admonition; instruction. (Obs.)

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."

Synonyms: Recollection; reminiscence. See Memory.

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"Remembrance" Quotes from Famous Books

... however, created an uneasiness in the bosom of Major Dunwoodie, which all his efforts could not conceal. His reception by the rest of the family was kind and sincere, both from old regard, and a remembrance of former obligations, heightened by the anticipations they could not fail to read in the expressive eyes of the blushing girl by his side. After exchanging greetings with every member of the family, Major Dunwoodie beckoned to the sentinel, whom ...

— The Spy • James Fenimore Cooper

... remembrance of her immortality, the 17th verse of the 118th Psalm, "I shall not die, but live." The thirty-nine years of her earthly existence were but the prelude to a life beyond the sky; and while her spirit survives the ravages of death, her name shall live ...

— Mary S. Peake - The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe • Lewis C. Lockwood

... deigned to look at Dick, who made some bids for his favour. All his chivalrous soul of toro bravo was absorbed in pleasure at Pilar's return, gratitude for her remembrance of him. I would scarcely have believed that it could be real, had I not ...

— The Car of Destiny • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

... sister. "The time may come when the remembrance of these words will be painful to you. The only way we can prove that we would bear great trials well is by bearing little trials well. We don't know how soon great trials may come upon us. Every night that I come home, I am thankful to find things just as I left them. We need be in ...

— Christie Redfern's Troubles • Margaret Robertson

... been utterly spoiled for the overhasty giver, and, while the glad remembrance of the pure delight which she had felt after her generous resolve faded more and more, she began to be uneasy about her reckless transaction with the Nuremberg goldsmith, for the Emperor during his very next visit had asked about the star, and in her confusion she had again been ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

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