Com mel in a (komelina)

[NL., named from Jan Commelin and his nephew, Kaspar, Dutch botanists of the 17th and 18th centuries.) Com mel in a communis. 1126 cate flowers or graceful habit, and the tuberous roots of some species are said to be used for food. Also spelled Commelyna. Com mel in aceæ (ko-mel-i-nā'sē-ē), n. pl. [NL., It. com mem or are = Sp. conmemorar = Pg. commemorar = F. commémorer ), affection, intended to keep him or it in memory. We are called upon to commemorate a revolution [1689] as happy in its consequences, as full. of the marks of a Divine contrivance, as any age or country can show. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. vii. [= Pr. come mora cio = Sp. 2. To serve as a memento or remembrancer of; perpetuate or celebrate the memory of: as, a monument commemorating a great battle; a book commemorating the services of a philanthropist. =Syn. Observe, Solemnize, etc. See celebrate. commemoration (ko-mem-o-ra's hon), n. F. commémorat i on = con mem or a cion = Pg. commemoração = It. com mem or azione, The Church of England, though she asked for the interce ion of no created being, still set apart days for the commemoration of some who had done and suffered great things for the faith. Macaulay. 2. Eccles.: (a) In the interce ory prayers of the eucharistic office, mention made by name, rank, or condition of persons living or departed, or of canonized saints; also, a prayer containing such mention: as, the commemoration of the living; the commemoration of the departed; the commemoration of the saints. See diptych. (b) In the services for the canonical hours, a brief form, consisting of anthem, versicle, response, and collect, said in honor of God, of a saint, or of some biblical or ecclesiastical event: in the medieval church in England also called a memory, and sometimes a memorial. A complete service said in honor of a saint was also so styled. (c) Parts of the proper service of a le er festival inserted in the service for a greater festival when the latter coincides with and supersedes the former. - Commemoration day, in the University of Oxford, the day on which the annual solemnity in honor of the benefactors of the uni versity is held, when orations are delivered, and prize compositions are read in the theater, and honorary degrees conferred upon distinguished persons. It is the concluding festival of the academic year.