memorialized
Given lasting tribute
Memorialized is the past tense of memorialize, meaning to preserve the memory of someone or something through a lasting tribute.
A person may be memorialized with a statue, a building named in their honor, or a written account of their life: The fallen soldiers were memorialized in bronze.
Events and ideas can also be memorialized: The treaty memorialized their agreement.
Made permanently sacred
- immortalizedMade permanently remembered
- canonizedDeclared officially holy
- veneratedRegarded with profound respect
- reveredDeeply respected, admired
celebrated · glorified · exalted · distinguished · lionized · decorated · saluted · acclaimed
Tribute for the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
gravestone · tombstone · headstone · burial · funeral · wake · vigil · wreath
Structure honoring someone remembered
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- shrineSacred devotional place
- cenotaphTomb without a body
obelisk · dedication · historical marker · landmark · inscription · engraved · erected · unveiled
Inherited cultural legacy
- archivesStored historical documents
- preservedKept from deterioration
- recordedCaptured for posterity
- chronicledRecorded in narrative form
documented · history · ancestry · testament · posterity · descendants · namesake · endowment
enshrined
Made permanently sacred
- immortalizedMade permanently remembered
- canonizedDeclared officially holy
- veneratedRegarded with profound respect
revered · celebrated · glorified · exalted · distinguished · lionized · decorated · saluted · acclaimed · legendary
eulogy
Tribute for the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
mausoleum · gravestone · tombstone · headstone · burial · funeral · wake · vigil · wreath · flowers
monument
Structure honoring someone remembered
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- shrineSacred devotional place
cenotaph · obelisk · dedication · historical marker · landmark · inscription · engraved · erected · unveiled · installed
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
chronicled · documented · history · ancestry · testament · posterity · descendants · namesake · endowment · scholarship
memorializedforgotten
No longer recalled
lost · unremembered · erased · obliterated · passed over
memorializedsuppressed
Forcibly held down
erased · expunged · censored · unrecorded · undocumented
memorializedignored
Purposely not noticed
dishonored · condemned · vilified · disgraced · overlooked