English Explanatory Dictionary

of blessed memory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Honorific epithet used parenthetically to mark a beloved person as being deceased.

Word forms

of blessed memory

Etymology

A calque of Latin beatae memoriae, possibly a calque of Hebrew זיכרונו לברכה (zikhronó/á/ám/án livrakhá, “memory-of-him/her/them to blessing”), ז״ל (Z.L.).

Synonyms

God rest his soul rest his soul

Related words

late late lamented
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