Memorabilia

/ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/ · noun

Meaning

(originally US) Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events..

Definitions by Sense

1. (originally US) Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.
2. (now rare) Things worth remembering: noteworthy points.

Example Sentences

George has a collection of World War II memorabilia.

I can't remember / Give me a reminder / I collect, I reject / Memorabilia / Memorabilia

Have you seen the memorabilia / The rusty old memorabilia / The souvenirs of perfect doom / In the back of Louis Dakine's backroom

Another friend was present while I was there, veteran criminal defense attorney William J. Brennan, jealously guarding an SUV full of memorabilia he’d purchased, including a Rizzo fedora and walking stick, the former of which he told me he hoped Rizzo was wearing during the famous “crumb bum” exchange with television reporter Stan Bohrman.

On the other hand, how uſeful is ſuch a faculty, if well exerciſed! To it we owe all thoſe intereſting apothegms and memorabilia of the ancients, which Plutarch, Xenophon, and Valerius Maximus, have tranſmitted to us.

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• memorabile

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