commemorabilia

English

Etymology

Blend of commemorate +‎ memorabilia.

Noun

commemorabilia pl (plural only)

  1. Items created especially to honour or memorialize something, particularly an event, person, or institution.
    • 1997 September 7, “Fairy-Tale Princess”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
      By the time the wedding date rolled around on July 29, 1981, her face and his were on most of the 971 "items of commemorabilia" that somebody counted for sale across the country.
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