† reˈmemorative, a. and n. Obs.
[f. as rememorate v. + -ive, perh. after a med.L. *rememorātīvus: cf. F. remémoratif (1527).]
A. adj. Serving to remind. Also const. of.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. ii. ii. 136 The setting vp of ymagis in chirchis and the vsing of hem as rememoratijf or mynding signes. 1625 Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar 287 Only [a] representative, rememorative, and spirituall Sacrifice. a 1641 ― Acts & Mon. (1642) 90 Ἱστορικον, Rememorative of actions done. |
B. n. A reminder.
| 1624 Bp. R. Montagu Gagg 315 This Serpent..was a Rememorative of salvation extended by the Sonne of God. 1676 Life Father Sarpi in Brent's Counc. Trent 39 With little Notes of his own.., but so short,..that one may easily perceive that..he wrote to himself alone for rememoratives. |