month's mind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A requiem mass or other commemoration of a deceased person held one month after burial.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-month's mind.wav

Word forms

month's mind months' minds month mind

Etymology

From Middle English monethes mynde under influence from Medieval Latin dies mensis (“day of the month”) and Old English ġemynd, whose principal sense was "memory".

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