A ceremony of religious worship to commemorate the life of a person, typically someone who has recently died.
a memorial service was held in Westminster Abbey on 25 November
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Families of the victims of the devastating bombings yesterday wept for their loved ones at emotional memorial services that united them in grief at opposite sides of the world.
Members of his immediate family attended a memorial service in New York yesterday.
The memorial services will follow a private family funeral.
There will be a memorial service held in his honour at St. Ignatius Church on the 15th of October.
Her friends are organizing a memorial service to be held in Detroit later this month.
The official memorial service is scheduled for next Friday afternoon.
I think it's right that we have a national memorial service to remember the sacrifice and all the work that was done by those people who served our country.
Feasting and drinking are used in coming-of-age ceremonies, religious ceremonies, and funeral/memorial services.
Councillors laid a wreath at the recent Holocaust memorial service.
Mary and I went to the Memorial Service last Saturday in St. Michaels; it was very touching, solemn, and reverent.
The 1 November Memorial Service was important.
The 3rd Battalion held a private memorial service for him.
During a February 1 memorial service, hundreds celebrated his life.
There will be a public memorial service at St Luke's Church at 11 am tomorrow.
Now every year a special memorial service is held to remember all those who perished in the awful disaster.
Thousands of firefighters, police and rescue workers took part in an inter-faith memorial service.
His memorial service was conducted under the auspices of the Unitarian Church.