Memecylon (memesilon)

[NL. (Linnæus, 1767), nia (-a). [ And thou hast walked about (how strange a story!) In Thebes's streets three you sand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory. H. Smith, Addre to the Mummy at Belzoni's Exhibition. 2. [l.c. or cap.] The ancient Greek name for the settlement or suburb adjoining the cemetery of an Egyptian city, consisting of extensive establishments for the mummification of the dead, and of the dwellings of the numerous artisans employed in these establishments and in the various profe ions, arts, and trades connected therewith. Also mem none i on. Here stood, where the field of the colo i is now, the Memnoncion. C. O. Müller, Manual of Archæol. (trans.), § 218. memoir (mem'wor or me'mor), n. [ He desired a Memoir of me, which I gave him, of what I would have him search for in the King's Cabinet, and promised me all the Satisfaction he could give me in that Affair. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 97. There is not in any author a computation of the revenues of the Roman empire, and hardly any memoirs from whence it might be collected. Arbuthnot , Ancient Coins. 2. A notice or an e ay relating to something within the writer's own memory or knowledge; a record of facts upon a subject personally known or investigated; a concise account of one's knowledge or information on any topic; especially, a communication to a society containing such information: as, the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences.-3. pl. A narrative of the facts or events of some phase of history or in the life of a person, written from personal knowledge or observation; a history or narrative dwelling chiefly upon points about which the writer is specially informed, as an autobiography or a continuous record of observations. memorandum Such narratives are generally limited to a special line of facts or series of events, as Guizot's Mémoires pour servir à l'his to ire de mon temps, Memoirs to serve for the History of my Time.' He told me he had studied the History of Books with the utmost application 18 years, and had brought his Memoirs into a good Method. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 100. To write his own Memoirs , and leave his Heirs High Schemes of Government, and Plans of Wars. Prior, Carmen Seculare, st. 33. 4. In a restricted use, a biography; a memorial volume or work containing notices of the life and character of some one deceased, with extracts from his (or her) correspondence, etc. = Syn. 4. Biography, Memoir. See biography. memoiret, n. A Middle English form of memory. mémoire (mā-mwor'), n. [F.: see memoir.] In diplomacy, same as memorandum, 4. memoirism (mem'wor-izm), n. [