μνημόσυνον: Difference between revisions

|txtha=μνημοσύνου, τό (μνημῶν), a [[memorial]] ([[that]] by [[which]] the [[memory]] of [[any]] [[person]] or [[thing]] is preserved), a [[remembrance]]: [[εἰς]] [[μνημόσυνον]] τίνος, to [[perpetuate]] [[one]]'s [[memory]], αἱ προσευχαί [[σου]] ... ἀνέβησαν [[εἰς]] [[μνημόσυνον]] [[ἐνώπιον]] [[τοῦ]] Θεοῦ ([[without]] the [[figure]]) [[have]] [[become]] [[known]] to God, so [[that]] he heeds and is [[about]] to [[help]] thee, [[Herodotus]], [[Aristophanes]], [[Thucydides]], [[Plutarch]], others; the Sept. for זֶכֶר, זִכָּרון; [[also]] for אַזְכָּרָה, i. e. [[that]] [[part]] of a [[sacrifice]] [[which]] [[was]] burned on the [[altar]] [[together]] [[with]] the [[frankincense]], [[that]] its [[fragrance]] [[might]] [[ascend]] to [[heaven]] and [[commend]] the offerer to God's [[remembrance]], [[εὐωδία]] [[εἰς]] [[μνημόσυνον]], 1 Maccabees , etc.)