The English Oracle

Suggestions for a word meaning both testimony and reminder?

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00:00 Suggestions For A Word Meaning Both Testimony And Reminder?
00:13 Accepted Answer Score 4
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00:44 Answer 3 Score 2
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 4


Monument? Memorial? Or, if you want a Biblical flavor, from 1 Samuel 7:12, you could use "Ebenezer".




ANSWER 2

Score 4


try commemoration

–noun

The act of commemorating or calling to remembrance by some solemnity; the act of honoring the memory of some person or event by solemn celebration: as, the feast of the passover among the Israelites was an annual commemoration of their deliverance from Egypt.




ANSWER 3

Score 2


Another possibility here is observance

–noun
1. an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
2. a keeping or celebration by appropriate procedure, ceremonies, etc.: the observance of the Sabbath.
3. a procedure, ceremony, or rite, as for a particular occasion: patriotic observances.




ANSWER 4

Score 1


Or eulogy, tribute, or homage? These suggestions all seem very mournful.